Mixer.exe Eating Up Memory - Sound Program
Jan 3, 2005
I usually leave my computer on for a day as it has music and files that other users around the house may need. If I start up the computer for the first time in a day and come back a coule hours later the system takes a very long time to get out of the screen saver and continues to act very slowyl. When I press Ctrl+ALT+Del I see that a program called 'mixer.exe' is using 111,000+k of my memory usage. So basically my question is: what is mixer.exe? I think it is some type of sound program but I never use it.
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Aug 8, 2008
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Mar 22, 2005
I received no sound from my computer. Have checked my speakers and they are working well. Howevert,I tend to receive this message:"There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices,go to Control panel,click Printers and Other Hardware,and then click Add Hardware".
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Nov 14, 2009
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