Thanks for the help Alienscience, unfortunately I must have had conflicting codecs installed for DivX movies so I couldn't get anything sync'ed in DivX Player.
Here's what I did and it seems to be working perfect....:
Uninstall DivX Player; Installed latest version of K-lite Mega Codec Pack; and now everything plays and works in Windows Media Player 10, with audio/video in perfect sync
Feel free to send me any novice Maya tips if you happen to have the time, I need as much help as I can get so I can change my career path without spending any more on student loans!