Microphone

[Guest]

Having problems with no sound when I use the microphone. When I do the test
for sound hardware (creative souundblaster PCI) I get the message "Error
occurred during DirectPlay voice setup. Error code 0x80004005" after which I
get the message "windows cannot execute DpvSetup.exe, use add/remove program
from control panel to install". I cannot find that program in the list.
There are no problems with the speakers as they play music fine.
Help please- all my voice chat is put on hold now!

 

[kurttrail]

This problem occurs because when you change the Audio Hardware
Acceleration setting to None this removes the hardware-accelerated
device from the list of
possible devices. However, DSound continues to try and map to the
device.
RESOLUTION
===========
This problem generally occurs only the first time that you run the
test. If this problem continues to occur after the first attempt,
follow these steps:
1. In Control Panel, double-click "Sounds and Audio Devices".
2. On the Voice tab, under Voice Playback, click Advanced.
3. On the Performance tab, move the Hardware Acceleration slider at
least one position to the right.

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=282882&sd=RMVP

Unless you are the author of the KB article, Taimur, you should give the
link.


TO THE OP:

Don't do the following part of Taimur Mughal's post! More than likely
it is TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!

Post back to the group if you have any further problems after enabling
the Hardware Acceleration, BEFORE trying to do a repair install.

Also maybe file is missing and needs to recover with the following
steps.
Please try to repair Windows XP using the following steps:
Note: When you do the following steps, please read the instructions
on the screen carefully.

1) Make sure you have set your CD-ROM as the first priority boot
device. You may refer to your computer manual for information on how
to do this. 2) Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and reboot
your computer. 3) When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" on the
screen, press a key to let your computer boot from the Windows XP CD.
4) When the computer boots from the CD-ROM, it check your hardware
and then prompt you the following options.

* To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
* To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery
Console, press R.
* To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Please press ENTER.

5) Press the F8 key to agree the Licensing Agreement.
6) You will see your current Windows XP installation is listed in a
box and get the following options:

* To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
* To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without
repairing , press ESC.

Please press "R"?

7) Then the setup program will repair Windows XP automatically.

Taimur Mughal [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. OR if you wish to include a script sample in your post please
add "Use of included script samples are subject to the terms
specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm"

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[Guest]

Changing the audio hardware did not help. I tried rebooting with the XP CD
ROM in place and even changed the BIOS setup so CDROM is the primary boot
device but those instructions mentioned (setup, repair etc) never came up.
What should I do

--
Hamilton, New Zealand

This problem occurs because when you change the Audio Hardware
Acceleration setting to None this removes the hardware-accelerated
device from the list of
possible devices. However, DSound continues to try and map to the
device.
RESOLUTION
===========
This problem generally occurs only the first time that you run the
test. If this problem continues to occur after the first attempt,
follow these steps:
1. In Control Panel, double-click "Sounds and Audio Devices".
2. On the Voice tab, under Voice Playback, click Advanced.
3. On the Performance tab, move the Hardware Acceleration slider at
least one position to the right.

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=282882&sd=RMVP

Unless you are the author of the KB article, Taimur, you should give the
link.


TO THE OP:

Don't do the following part of Taimur Mughal's post! More than likely
it is TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!

Post back to the group if you have any further problems after enabling
the Hardware Acceleration, BEFORE trying to do a repair install.

Also maybe file is missing and needs to recover with the following
steps.
Please try to repair Windows XP using the following steps:
Note: When you do the following steps, please read the instructions
on the screen carefully.

1) Make sure you have set your CD-ROM as the first priority boot
device. You may refer to your computer manual for information on how
to do this. 2) Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and reboot
your computer. 3) When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" on the
screen, press a key to let your computer boot from the Windows XP CD.
4) When the computer boots from the CD-ROM, it check your hardware
and then prompt you the following options.

* To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
* To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery
Console, press R.
* To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Please press ENTER.

5) Press the F8 key to agree the Licensing Agreement.
6) You will see your current Windows XP installation is listed in a
box and get the following options:

* To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
* To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without
repairing , press ESC.

Please press "R"?

7) Then the setup program will repair Windows XP automatically.

Taimur Mughal [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. OR if you wish to include a script sample in your post please
add "Use of included script samples are subject to the terms
specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm"

--
Peace!
Kurt
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http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[kurttrail]

Changing the audio hardware did not help. I tried rebooting with the
XP CD ROM in place and even changed the BIOS setup so CDROM is the
primary boot device but those instructions mentioned (setup, repair
etc) never came up. What should I do

Ignore it for now. It still isn't time to do a repair install.

First go to the creative web site and download the latest drivers for
your sound card.
http://au.creative.com/support/downloads/

and follow any insstruction given and its installation.

Also, I would check to make sure that you have your micro phone plugged
into the right jack, and that your microphone actually works.

Ask a friend if you can check it in their computer, and askif you can
borrow their mike to check on your computer.

If you are still having problems post back.

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[Guest]

Hi Kurt,
Thank you! Tried downloading from Creative- with autoupdate it says it does
not detect any creative product on my computer. With manual update by
selecting Soundblaster PCI 64 I get a mesage :Sound card could not be
detected. In control panel my sound device is shown as
CreativeAudioPCI(ES1371, ES1373)(WDM) and I tried updating my driver using
the original XP CD. No luck!

 

[kurttrail]

Hi Kurt,
Thank you! Tried downloading from Creative- with autoupdate it says
it does not detect any creative product on my computer. With manual
update by selecting Soundblaster PCI 64 I get a mesage :Sound card
could not be detected. In control panel my sound device is shown as
CreativeAudioPCI(ES1371, ES1373)(WDM) and I tried updating my driver
using the original XP CD. No luck!

Time to do some reading.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...81&as_maxd=13&as_maxm=5&as_maxy=2005&safe=off

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[Guest]

Hi Kurt,
I tried reading those links but could not understand most of it! Somehow
managed
to downlaod an update from Creative for Soundblaster 128 and it installed OK.
Strangely the soundblaster icon may or may not show up in my taskbar.
If it does the mute box of microphone volume is always ticked by default and
I have to uncheck it to start having a voice chat!
If there is no icon obviously no voice chat is possible -I then reboot!
Can anyone explain this?