This one has me stumped... To Start a restore isn't feasable because this
problem happened a long time ago and it didn't bother me enough to deal with
it. Now I have need, and I can't figure it out. I basically have no Windows
based sounds for performing actions (beeps,alarms etc) I also have no sounds
when doing certain things online. And finally I recently obtained Microsoft
digital image suite and it does not even recognize I have a soundcard! (
albeit this may be a different problem, but thought to throw it in the mix
also) I go into sound controls through control panel and select tabs for
setting windows actions to sounds an can select action and sound but the
preview button stays greyed out like there is no sound available even though
it is on the list. I spent a fair amount of time cruising options to see if a
disabled something somewhere and for the life of me can't figure it out... My
main sound controls are not muted or turned down. I have tried both my
onboard sound (Realtek AC97) and my regular card (Audigy 4) but same issue
for both. I'm guessing this is a windows based issue and not the sound card.
Could this be a corrupt codec or something? Just to be clear I do have sound
for games and streaming audio, mp3, video's etc. I do keep my computer up to
date (critical updates, vid/audio drivers, java) I also run NAV2006. My
machine is a AMD 3200 on AV8 board with 1gig ram. Radeon 1300 512meg vid card
and afformetioned Audigy 4 sound card. Any ideas would be appreciated. I did
also follow a idea from a previous post to make sure my win core files were
intact (SFC /scannow) command. It scanned through and I rebooted, but it
didn't change anything.

Is the onboard sound disabled? You have to disable it in the BIOS. Maybe
there is a conflict.

Open Device Manager...
Start | Run | Type: devmgmt.msc | Click OK

[+] Sound, video and game controllers

Look for Device Manager Device Conflicts

<quote>
A black exclamation point (!) on a yellow field indicates the device is in
a problem state. Note that a device that is in a problem state can be
functioning.

A problem code explaining the problem is displayed for the device.

A red "X" indicates a disabled device. A disabled device is a device that is
physically present in the computer and is consuming resources, but does not
have a protected-mode driver loaded.

A blue "i" on a white field on a device resource in Computer properties
indicates that the Use Automatic Settings feature is not selected for the
device and that the resource was manually selected. Note that this does not
indicate a problem or disabled state.

A green question mark "?" in Device Manager means that a compatible driver
for this device is installed, indicating the possibility that all of the
functionality may not be available.
<quote>
From...
Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310126

See: Where did my Sounds go?
here...
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:FD2BBEEB-3E8C-4574-A8F9-(E-Mail Removed),
jreed <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> This one has me stumped... To Start a restore isn't feasable because this
> problem happened a long time ago and it didn't bother me enough to deal
> with it. Now I have need, and I can't figure it out. I basically have no
> Windows based sounds for performing actions (beeps,alarms etc) I also
> have no sounds when doing certain things online. And finally I recently
> obtained Microsoft digital image suite and it does not even recognize I
> have a soundcard! ( albeit this may be a different problem, but thought
> to throw it in the mix also) I go into sound controls through control
> panel and select tabs for setting windows actions to sounds an can select
> action and sound but the preview button stays greyed out like there is no
> sound available even though it is on the list. I spent a fair amount of
> time cruising options to see if a disabled something somewhere and for
> the life of me can't figure it out... My main sound controls are not
> muted or turned down. I have tried both my onboard sound (Realtek AC97)
> and my regular card (Audigy 4) but same issue for both. I'm guessing this
> is a windows based issue and not the sound card. Could this be a corrupt
> codec or something? Just to be clear I do have sound for games and
> streaming audio, mp3, video's etc. I do keep my computer up to date
> (critical updates, vid/audio drivers, java) I also run NAV2006. My
> machine is a AMD 3200 on AV8 board with 1gig ram. Radeon 1300 512meg vid
> card and afformetioned Audigy 4 sound card. Any ideas would be
> appreciated. I did also follow a idea from a previous post to make sure
> my win core files were intact (SFC /scannow) command. It scanned through
> and I rebooted, but it didn't change anything.