Lost Sound For Windows XP.
Sep 10, 2005
I own at Pentium 4 XP Home Edition PC. Recently, I lost all of my default system sounds--like boot up sound and closing sound. The sound card is okay, because I can play CDs, listen to Real Player and otherwise get sounds.I have gone into the sounds and audio devices properties panel and don't seem to be able to set it to play the sounds. The test button works the sounds fine, but I cannot actually activate them.I have troubleshooted by surfing the web, installing various supposed registry fixes. I have also read the Microsoft data base articles that seem to pertain. SO FAR NOTHING HAS HELPED.Can anyone suggest what I do short of reinstalling Windows? I don't want to take that drastic step!
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Jan 21, 2007
I have reinstalled Windows XP Professional but seem to have lost sound. Musicmatch Jukebox returns the error message �MMJB Soundcard Problem, WaveOut Format not supported�.Does anybody know what this problem may be?
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Feb 13, 2009
Recently i had to basically kill my computer to rid it of viruses etc. i had a recovery disk that came with my laptop so i was able to rebuild windows xp as well as an lg disk that restored most of my settings and programs. except now i am without sound which is turning out to be a big pain in the butt. The device manager has only one yellow warning sign over 'Other Devices - PCI Device'. could this be the reason for my missing sound? or is there something else i need to do
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May 14, 2006
I recently upgraded to XP from 98SE and as a result have no sound. Also when I play video files either through Windows Media Player or Real Player, the video stalls to a still frame for a couple of seconds and then moves on and then stalls again. It doesn't correspond with the time line. Can someone please provide me with a method to fix these two issues?
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Mar 5, 2008
I have been having some squirely things happening like a blue screen with a code of 0x0000008e and my Picture It! software not working but now when I lost my sound for my email I checked the Sounds and Audio device in the Control Panel and now there is not even a selection for Email Notification. I have never seen this before. This is driving me nuts.
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Jan 2, 2008
I installed XP SP3 and after the installation and a reboot I had lost my sound card + my VPN connection to the office no longer worked.
I could live without sound or could reinstall my sound card but the VPN connection to the office is critical to my daily work.
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Dec 20, 2008
I come home to visit my family for Christmas last night and use my old desktop. its working fine besides its a little slow. i figure its from my little sister downloading stuff. easily fixed problem. so i try to fix the problem by deleting things that were useless to her and i and were making the computer slow. i restart the computer and my windows xp theme has disappeared, there are no more network places or networks, for that matter, and i have no sound card now.
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Aug 24, 2005
carried out a system recovery (xp home) now i have lost my sound.no audio device is detected. (on board sound card)i've checked the soundcard (AC'97) is set to 'auto' in the bios.have installed new up to date driver.
have done system restore.
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Aug 28, 2005
I have somehow misread your entire post. I thought you had a sound card installed. If it is the AC'97 codec here is the> download page for it. I believe it is the third one down:
> http://tinyurl.com/808g
> Hopefully you can try this first and everything will work out...Let us> know the results.
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Jan 29, 2008
I recently downgraded my HP PAVILION DV6500 from vista to xp because I was having complications with connecting a dial up plus other downloading other softwares. Now that my system is with xp, I have lost sound and some other drivers. I have tried downloading several drivers but none seem to work. Right now I have a laptop without sound or even VGA.I need help.Please,if anyone can send me a software to get back my sound and other drivers I will be most grateful. I like my laptop and don't want to lose it.
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Aug 24, 2005
Evolution54 Wrote:
> Try installing the driver for the motherboard if you still have it.
> not download from their website.
>
> my system is OEM so i have no discs or driver information.
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Mar 13, 2006
I started another thread a couple of days ago but have progressed a bit since then so thought i would start a fresh one.I have recently formatted my hard drive and lost drivers for my soundcard. I have been onto my motherboard manufacturers website and downloaded the appropriate driver. This worked (or so i thought) the ?Media Controller in device manager disappeared and my soundcard appeared. Media player plays CDs now, as do all my other sound related programs. The problem is i still can't hear any sound!
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May 6, 2007
I have a Dell inspiron 1300 which had started to run slowly and take an age to get past the black windows loading page when i booted up. So i decided to use the built in dell software to wipe it clean and revert back to the factory/straight out the box settings. This all went well but now i have no sound what so-ever in windows. I used the diagnostic program you can find by pressing f12 when booting up and in that i could hear music from the speakers but then when i booted up windows there were no sounds at all?
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Sep 17, 2008
I have Windows XP.My husband was on the computer and looking at something in google.When he was done and went back to our home page our windows search box was gone from our toolbar and in place of it at the top of the screen is a google search box which we don't like. I am computer illiterate when it comes to knowing what to do to get it back. This is the first time we have ever lost our search box.
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Oct 2, 2006
I have an Acer Aspire 3000 with a serious problem, it won't load Windows XP and Windows XP is the installed OS.
What happened before the error:
i tried to install Norton Systemworks 2006. Before this, computer was working fine, and yes, I did scan it for viruses. None were found. computer had a partition, but the partition was removed.
Now, I got this computer from a confused cousin, and the history is as follows;
She bought the computer new. However, there was this strange partition in there that seemed to be duplicating everything (or so she told me), so she took it to a friend to have the partitions removed. Okay, the computer worked fine after that. Actually, better than fine, it worked better than it had new. I know, lol, because I tried using it once before and again after.
Now, flash forward a few months and her free trail of McAfee that came with the computer ends and she realizes that she needs some sort of security on it. So she buys Norton as suggested by another friend of hers. Knowing I know something of computers (and she's not all that sure), she gets me to install Norton.
I do.
And upon re-starting, I get after the Acer load screen a black screen with "Load error! Press any key to reboot." I press enter, but nothing happens.
So, in it goes to the friendly computer guy who uses the disks that came with the machine to restore it, and it comes back exactly as it was before I installed Norton, only, minus all her saved stuff. Okay, so obviously if there was a problem it has to be gone now, right?
Well, evidently not as when I install Norton again, guess what happens? Right. It's back to the black screen of death telling me, "Load Error! Press any key to reboot."
Now, it did have Norton Ghost on it, and as per the instructions in the book that comes with Norton, I disabled it before trying to install Systemworks because the first time this happened I didn't. I've tried calling the computer tech that fixed it for me before, but I guess he doesn't want to deal with it anymore because he won't return my phone calls or my emails.
how can she solve the problem?
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Aug 4, 2010
Is there a way to recover a lost Windows password? or how can I get in without knowing the password? i have windows xp.
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Jul 5, 2008
Something went wrong with my version of XP on one of my hard drives. It boots up asks if I want to start windows normally, then just crashes. Thus, I tried XP on my other hard drive. It boots up then asks me to activate it. I lost my product key, and cannot re-activate it. I cannot load any key-finder programs because I cannot access windows. I am completely clueless as to how to re-activate. I don't believe it's a pirated copy, but it won't let me activate.
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Jul 31, 2007
I had a bad copy of xp pro so I bought a new copy of home now I have no sound in any of the windows opps start up or any thing that windows makes sound to all so no sound in any of my medea players. Wmp 9 came with xp home I update to wmp11 and both 9 & 11 will not play avi I tryed to install wmp10 after I rolled back wmp11 but windows told me I cannot install it so I tryed to in stall wmp classic and that cannot be installed either can any one please help with how to turn sound on I have cheeked in control panel sounds to make shore every thing is turned on & no mute buttons are on all looks
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Jul 4, 2005
Is there a way to turn off the sound that plays when u log on and off windows?
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Jul 25, 2008
i am getting an error message everytime i go to play an mp3 file on windows media or any other player its saids it can't find any sound card devices. plus i'm not getting any sound from Internet or any other sites that play audio files. i checked the driver of the sound card in the device manager and it looks fine. i even uninstalled it and reinstall and nothing still. it's a laptop dell lattitude d600 i believe.
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Aug 18, 2005
my computer was given to me, the program windows nt was programmed and i had sound out of my speakers, when i installed windows xp the sound went away and when i tried to solve the problem it told me i did not have a sound card,but before i installed windows xp i was able to play cd's and music was coming out of my speakers.
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Jul 5, 2005
I'm about ready to beat my head into a wall.I've got an onboard sound card that has not worked since I formatted my computer (Win XP Pro SP2). The device has the latest drivers from the manufacturer installed, it's enabled in Windows and the BIOS, the Audio Codecs are there, the Windows Sound service is running, thd driver reports no problems at all and yet, No Audio Devices are found when I go into Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel. I've tried installing another sound card in there too, which installs fine, but still isn't selectable as an audio device. What the heck could I be missing here?
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Jan 29, 2008
no matter what i tried istill get no sound.ive checked all drivers they appear to be enabled and working fine as for everything else.i go to win media player and i get this message media player cannot play file because there is a problem with your sound device there might not be a sound device installed on your comp it might be in use by another program or it might not be fuctionning properly?)iget similar message when i use real player both are current.then when i go to sound and audio properties the place for volume control is all gray?can someone pleeze help me?im ready to throw my comp off the poarch>the model is a dell dimension 2400
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Jun 27, 2008
I have recently reinstalled windows and since then i havent been able to get any sound except the warning beeps from the computer itself. my speakers dont work. The error message, 'There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices go to Control Panel, click Printer and Other Hardware, and then click Add Hardware' pops up everytime I try to open the Volume Control.I have tried downloading various drivers which many people have suggested bute when I try this message pops up:'Microsoft QFE Update (835221)
This is only to be used on HP Consumer PCs preinstalled with Windows XP. Your PC does not meet this requirement, so update is being aborted. but my PC was preinstalled with Windows i've just had to reinstall it again!
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Jul 23, 2009
my win xp computer is not producing which thro internet.other wise i use vlc player to listen to music.it works fine.but when ever i try to use gtalk or Internet..the sound does not work.help me regarding this problem.
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Jul 9, 2008
just recently experienced a no audio problem on my computer. Originally had a c-media card installed with everything working ok , then suddenly no sounds at all. Removed card and installed spare Sound Blaster Audigy and downloaded latest drivers. Everything installed ok. No conflicts in Device Manager, proper card identified in control panel/sounds. Windows sound on reboot , but after reboot nothing again. After countless removal of sound card in Device Manager and re-installing drivers , no change. Removed card and re-verted back to on board audio. Realtek high definition audio with latest and original cd AC-97 drivers. Now no audio device available in Control panel/sounds. Within the Realtek HD Audio Control panel I can test speakers and hear sound ok.
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Feb 26, 2009
i am wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to adjust the length in which the windows xp sound recorder will record sounds from example a web site? currently it seems to be able to only record up to 1 minute of sound. i would like to be able to record the sound from a Internet video which is about 3 minutes long. does anyone know if there is a way to adjust the recording length?
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May 24, 2005
All of a sudden this afternoon, no sound coming out of my computer. Not sure how or why? Volume is up on speakers, and they are carefully plugged in. Volume control on the task bar is up and not muted. Legacy audio drivers seem to be working fine.
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Jan 8, 2007
I can't get any sound on my nt 2000 system. Speakers are plugged in, all audio options are on.
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Dec 4, 2008
I have been noticing that whenever I reboot my computer, or even at random intervals, that the wave portion of the volume menu goes to zero and it makes the sound on my computer go very quiet. I can move the wave dial back to the max and everything works alright, but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on why this would be happening. I am running the onboard sound which is nvidia based, but not sure if there are any more current drivers than what I am running.
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Jun 24, 2010
How do I get my sound back on windows xp?
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