No sound in IE

[franks_not_me]

Incorrectly posted to Media Center... Reposted here...


After installing one of the countless security updates in the last 2 weeks,
the sound disappeared on Internet Explorer and Firefox. Even the click sound
when I hit the links doesn't make a sound.

My speakers are on, the volume is max,
I set the registry value for the mouse click on links.
I've updated the codecs
I've set the navigation start / navigation complete in the sounds and audio
devices properties.
I've rolled back to my earliest restore point - seems to be after the
updates

Any ideas? Thanks...

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

IE, Tools menu, Options, Advanced tab, Multimedia area, see checkbox for
'play sounds in web pages'

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[franks_not_me]

Thanks for the reply...

That checkbox is checked... still nothing.

 

[smlunatick]

Incorrectly posted to Media Center...  Reposted here...

After installing one of the countless security updates in the last 2 weeks,
the sound disappeared on Internet Explorer and Firefox. Even the click sound
when I hit the links doesn't make a sound.

My speakers are on, the volume is max,
I set the registry value for the mouse click on links.
I've updated the codecs
I've set the navigation start / navigation complete in the sounds and audio
devices properties.
I've rolled back to my earliest restore point - seems to be after the
updates

Any ideas? Thanks...

Does any sound (like a Wave or MP3 file) play?

 

[franks_not_me]

Nope - nothing through IE / FireFox. If I download the file, it works. If I
try to play it through the browser, silence... In the case of videos, the
video plays, but no sound. In the case of WAV / MP3, the browser looks like
it's playing something (the scroll thing moves) but no sound.

 

[franks_not_me]

Any other ideas? I downloaded Opera and everything worked fine... What does
Opera do that IE doesn't?

 

[Unknown]

Are you using Realtek sound driver?

Any other ideas? I downloaded Opera and everything worked fine... What
does
Opera do that IE doesn't?

 

[franks_not_me]

No - SoundMAX. And I've reinstalled the drivers...

 

[Unknown]

Do you have a sound card or use the motherboard. Also, if motherboard check
your BIOS setting.

 

[franks_not_me]

I have a built in sound card - but which BIOS setting could affect this?
It's only browser sounds that don't seem to work...

 

[problemsproblems]

I'm having the same problem!!!!! Windows Media Player works fine, but no
sound in IE at all. News Videos play but no sound, same in You Tube! Please
Help!!!

 

[problemsproblems]

I'm giving up. Have downloaded Opera as browser and can hear sound fine now.

 

[Mantas MikulÄ—nas]

I'm giving up. Have downloaded Opera as browser and can hear sound fine now.
On Opera, but still nothing on IE.

Try typing this on the Command Prompt:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32" ^
/v wavemapper /d msacm32.drv