Windows Sounds Don't Play
Sep 21, 2009
When I right click on the sound icon in the system tray, it brings up the sounds associated with Windows (Vista Home Premium) actions. However, when I click on the Play icon, the sounds don't play. WAV files on my computer are associated with the Windows Media Player (although I've tried the other available sound players too and the same thing happens - no sound. My sound card seems to work fine and I have the latest driver. If I go directly to Windows>Media and play the sounds, they PLAY!!! I've set all WAV files to play with Windows Media Player. Sometimes the Windows logo, when booting up, plays a sound - but most of the time it doesn't.
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Dec 6, 2007
i have a toshiba m100 with windows vista home basic, i recently updated my bios and then my windows sound scheme doesn't play anymore even if the "play sound scheme on startup" is enabled. no startup sounds, no internet explorer sound i don't hear audio from Internet itunes etc but i can play music files using media player or other media players. i already installed audio driver updates and still nothing happens.
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Jul 29, 2009
Operating system Vista Home Premium 64. Windows sounds suddenly don't play. All I get is a click but no sound.
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Sep 11, 2009
the windows sounds like the startup sound and the asterisks etc are not loud enough even at the max volume. The music and video etc. are loud and fine.but the general windows sounds are too low in volume even at max volume.and it recognizes it too because when i set the volume to max in the corner to next to the clock,the green bar fills only 20% or so when it beeps.
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May 20, 2008
Today I installed a program that will let you record any sound coming from your speakers. It's a paid program and it's a reputable program but I noticed something after the reboot. Im not sure it's related or not. When I even move my cursor over a icon on my desktop it gives that windows sounds, like a critical beep. When I click on a topic here in the newsgroup to read, same thing. Clicking on contrl panel incons or any incons up there, same noise.
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Jul 29, 2009
I just removed Ipswitch's WS_FTP 2007, but the system sounds associated with the program did not uninstall with it. How do I manually remove the system sounds in Control Panel? Windows Vista Home Premium SP2
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Jul 6, 2008
suddenly my hp pavillion laptop will not play any "windows sounds". when i test them under control panel/sounds and sounds tap, they will also not play there. also in internett sounds, will not play (Internet etc.). have tried firefox and explorer. sounds from dvd, mp3, skype, etc works perfectly. what toubuleshooting i have done so far ;
- updated drivers from hp homepage.
- rolled back driver to try earlyer.
- restored windows at a point that i know sounds worked.
- checked if sound are muted or turend down in the mixer.
- comfirmed that sounds are enabled in internett options.
i use the internal speakers in laptop, so now loudspeakers are connected. and i have not done any changes in the sound scheems in sound options. its strange coz they stopped working all in a sudden.
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Jul 6, 2008
I have a Hp dv9271ea computer. And yesterday suddenly there is no "windows sounds". There are also no sounds from intetentt. Sounds from other application will play. What i have tried : -Updated all drivers (from hp homepage)-Checked the mixer that sound is not muted. -Restored Vista to a point i know that sound worked- -Done all testing with sound i can possible to and everything plays I have no external loudspeakes attached to pc. Have checked around on interntt but seems like there in no ansraw to this problem
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Jan 18, 2009
The sound failed a while back for no apparent reason, no new hardware, possibly new software. I installed a pci sound card it worked fine. I just installed a pctv card in the slot my sound occupied. I have tv and no sound. I have updated realtec drivers, the device manager says it's working properly, when I open the audio manager it says its sending sound to the speakers.
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Oct 7, 2009
here's no (and there was no) audible sound for taskbar notifications (balloons). E.g-in windows update (i set it only to inform me, not download). there is a balloon notification but no sound. sound options are all enable and working other sounds appear i Can hear them. Windows- Balloon.wav" correctly associated with System Notification- and sound test is working. changing between sound schemes also does not help...In XP baloon notif. sound is working but not in my vista...Maybe i'ts vista default behavior?
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Jan 10, 2010
Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and saved the setting as "My own".
However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when closing a programme after pasting something and closing E7.
Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
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Mar 23, 2008
I have extraneous sounds left over from viewing a Web page video. I have
done all the anti-virus/Spybot/reset Internet Explorer tricks that I can
think of.
Brand new Dell came with Vista. Ignore it? Or anyone have hints for fixing
the sound card?
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Jun 18, 2009
Does anybody know if there is a free software program, that makes a sound whenever you are typing in windows vista? I just like the typewriter sound, and miss it?
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Mar 23, 2008
My mom changed her theme the other day and now there are no sounds for new messaged received, opening and closing windows, logging in or out, emptying recycle bin...etc. I've tried going into sounds and picking new ones, old ones and nothing works. In sounds where you can "test" a certain sound, nothing plays. It's not the speakers cause music plays just fine. I loaded all the windows media files into windows media player and they work so it's not that. How do I get them to play again?
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Nov 6, 2009
Sometime my system sounds work and most of the time they don't. My Device Manager doesn't show any problems. When I right click on the sound icon in the System Tray and click on Sounds, then try the sounds, most of the time they don't work. I have all the latest digitally signed drivers (HP Pavilion laptop). When I go straight to the Sounds folder and try the sounds, they don't work. I don't even know which app is supposed to play these sounds (it might help if I knew in order to solve the problem). I have no viruses or malware in my system. Not sure - but it seems like the system sounds stop working sometime while the system is booted and has been running for a while. Please could someone offer some other things to check or try? What app is supposed to run these sounds? Are there any other sites that might be able to help (or other Newsgroups)? I depend heavily on these sounds working properly so thi sissue is important to me to solve. If I've left out any relative detail,
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Apr 22, 2009
My son wants to play 102 dalmations Puppies to the rescue. Will it play on Vista premium?
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Apr 26, 2008
I just installed the new update for the Ultimate Extra Sounds Schemes. When I have one of these new schemes selected as my sounds, when I shut down or reboot my pc, I see a brief black screen with red text and something about explorer.exe not respoding or something. It happens with either of these new sound schemes Glass, or Pearl. When I put if back to default, problem goes away. Nice extra MSFT!
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Apr 15, 2009
3 days ago my computer started making very quiet beeping sounds, it happens mostly when I use Mozilla Firefox and Windows Explorer. My impression is that the sound is coming from the motherboard. When I restarted in safe mode the sound disappeared,
so after a very long elimination process I discovered that when I change control panel-power options-processor power management settings the frequency of beeping changes as well. Until now I was using balanced settings (min processor state 5% and max processor state 100%), if I choose high performance (min and max processor state are both 100%) the beeping becomes very frequent almost continuous, and if I choose power saver settings (min processor state 5% and max processor state 50%) I don't notice the beeping anymore but of course I don't want to keep using only 50% of my processor. I am using a desktop computer, not a laptop. Except for the annoying sound the computer works normally. I have Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1.
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Jul 1, 2008
I have been using Office 2007 for about a year, and this morning something changed. Historically, when I would designate a mail item for permanent deletion (by hitting shift and delete at the same time), a dialog box would pop up asking me if I was sure that I wanted that item to be permanently deleted. When the dialog box appeared, a sound was made simultaneously. (I believe that if I clicked yes to the question in the dialog box, another sound was made.) Today, for no apparent reason, there are no sounds made. I opened Control Panel and selected "sounds" to see if Outlook was among the programs listed where certain actions within a program are accentuated with sounds, but i see that Outlook is not listed. I restored the Sounds from "modified default" to "Windows Default" and re-started Outlook, but the sound was not restored. Does anyone know how to restore my sounds?
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Feb 27, 2009
So I am goofy and want my Vista Ultimate to play my own wav files instead of the ones it came with. but they simply don't play at all. I have done everything I know how to get this to work. I go to control panel sounds and the sound tab and have put the .wav files i want to use into the C:/Windows/Media folder and am able to select them through the sound menu... but the test option plays nothing for my wavs and it doesnt do anything when the system is supposed to make said sound...
I even checked all the properties to make sure they were the same the only differance I can see is that the sound files that work are owned by the system and the ones that dont are owned by administraitor. I do know how to change the ownership of files through the properties menu but even in Administraitor mode there is no option for system... I do not however think that it is the cause... is it that vista just doesnt want you using your own sound files?
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Mar 23, 2008
As the subject line says: Why can't I play DVD's in Windows Media Player for Vista anymore? This is what I have installed as for the Windows Media Player for Vista. Look at ALL the listed under "MPEG/DVD Filters" I have. So why in the hell I can't play simple retail movie DVD's anymore.
Windows Media Player
Version 11.0.6000.6344
Operating System
Version: 6.0.6000 System Locale: en-US
Service Pack: 0.0 User Locale: en-US
Build Lab: 6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548 Geo ID: United States
Type: Workstation DRM Version: 11.0.6000.6324
Architecture: x86 Indiv Version: 2.9.0.1
Processors: 2...................
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Aug 12, 2009
my dad just bought me this computer its a e machines EL1300G-01W its rating is 3/10... He's not very good with computers so he didn't know..he thought he'd buy me a 298$ desktop and I'd be happy.. I can't open Emulators for (SNES, NES, DS, ETC...) I can't play anything on Yoyogames... with small programs it gets 100% CPU Usage.. My computer model is un-upgradable.. I can only upgrade the ram..thats about it...it only has one PCI 1 slot and not enough room for my new graphics card that needs a PCI-Express 16x slot.. What the hell do I do with this?? My dad won't bring it back for a refund... It is better then my other computer but it still lags like crazy..
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Jun 25, 2008
Installed Service Pack 1 for Vista regular edition and now when I play Halo all the sounds have reverb on them. How do I get rid of this?
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Nov 15, 2008
I have Vista Home Premum SP1. I cannot play some wmv files on windows media player 11. Same files are working with VLC. Does anybody have a solution
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Aug 23, 2009
When I try to add audio to a movie within movie maker, the audio does not play, yes the audio plays in media player, yes the sound is turned on, no the song is not muted, yes audio works withing Movie Player (i.e., video has sound with it and is working ). I tried automovie and making a " music video " , but WMM crashes when i do that,
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Apr 13, 2008
When I try to load the game 'Hogs of War' on vista, it says it will only play on windows95. Is there any way to play it on vista computers?
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Mar 23, 2008
I am trying to use Windows DVD maker for the first time and I am running into the problem that I am having is the slide show works great but the music wont play right after each other there is like a 5 to 10 min pause before the next song with pick up to go with the slide, I have more songs then I have mins for pics but it still will not play it the right.
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Aug 13, 2008
How to get AVI files to play on Windows Media Centre on x32 & x64 systems.
Solution
1st Uninstall all codecs first.
2nd Then use this codec cleaner Free-Codecs.com :: Download Vidc.Cleaner 09.03.2004 : If you don't see all codecs in VirtualDub, VirtualdubMod or other programs try Vidc.Cleaner
3rd And now reinstall the codecs. Use these VistaCodecs x64Components Download - Softpedia
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How to get Windows Media Centre to play MKV files on x32 & x64 systems.
How to get MKV files to play on Windows Media Centre on x32 & x64 systems.
1st Open up a notepad!
2nd Copy the text below that is between the lines and paste into the notepad:-
_____________________________________________________________________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mkv]
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Content Type"="video/mkv"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMultimediaWMPlayerExtensions.mkv]
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"
_____________________________________________________________________________
3rd Then save notepad as MKV to documents folder.
4th Then double-click on it to activate the device.
at this point you should be able to watch AVI and MKV files on your WMC
There you go!
All tried & trusted.
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Aug 14, 2007
will trying to play (avi) movies on Windows Media Center (64bit) i get a error that one or more codes are missing to play the video? now today i tryed it and i get the audio but still no video?
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May 26, 2008
This is about my fifth build, and it went great: loaded up the OS and updated all drivers (using only 2 GB RAM), started (cautiously) loading up all my software, taking care to only load software that had 64 bit driver support, as far as I could tell. I am a graphic designer and creative director, so I use Adobe CS3 and Office and game a little. Use Skype very frequently. First off, SoundBlaster had no 64 bit support (I have never had much confident in Creative), so I simply took out the card and thought I might wait or scratch it.
More importantly, the system freezes. Hangs. Stalls, what-have-you. Just stops and needs a hard reboot. Any sounds playing at the time would stutter like a broken cd. I tried many things and am not overclocking. Eventually, needing to get work done, I simply figured there wasn't enough 64 bit driver support and yesterday fresh installed the 32 bit Vista using the alternate DVD that came in the package. Unfortunately, the system is behaving in exactly the same way.
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Feb 8, 2009
For a couple of weeks now, I noticed that in WM11 for Windows Vista, I cannot get the radio station streams to play. Example:
WM11 | Media Guide | Internet Radio | New Age | Show All |
Whisperings: Solo Piano | "Play".
Normally, the stream would start at this stage. It no longer does so. My first thought was to reinstall WM11. However, I cannot find it anywhere. The MS site refers to the XP version and WM11 doesn't appear in the Control Panel | Programs & Features section. My system: Windows Business x32 SP1 & IE 8 RC1
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