No Windows Sounds please help!?

[Guest]

For some reason my pc has no windows sounds its been so long i have just put
up with it but its realy getting to me there are no start up noises and no
sound in internet explorer. Sound plays in games and on windows media player
i have checked the wav files they play in wmp so i can play them i have
downloaded codec packs updated my motherboard bios updated my sound drivers
but it just doesnt work! if i go into sound and audio device it is on default
selection but the play icon for the souns is grey and wont even play. please
help thanks
Harry B

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Kelly's web site:

"Where did my Sounds go?"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

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[Guest]

altho it was a good site it didn't work iv tried all the fixes i can find on
the net but nothing semms to do it its probebly something ridiculasly simple
at least i know its plugged in the right port before anyone asks lol. for
example i can play music download things and play them on windows media
player and hear games but i have no start up noises no warning digs and i
cant listen to things online like magical tevor on weebls stuff that i used
to enjoy on my old pc lol http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/magical+trevor/

 

[Elmo]

altho it was a good site it didn't work I've tried all the fixes I can find on
the net but nothing seems to do it. It's probably something ridiculously simple.
At least I know it's plugged in the right port before anyone asks lol. For
example, I can play music download things and play them on windows media
player and hear games, but I have no start up noises, no warning digs and I
can't listen to things online like magical tevor on weebls stuff that I used
to enjoy on my old pc lol http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/magical+trevor/

Double-click the speaker icon in the notification area, and make sure
Wave sounds are selected for Playback.

 

[Guest]

wheres the notification area i hav no sound icon in the bottom right corner
even if i activate it in the sound options it doesn't appear

 

[Elmo]

Where's the notification area" I have no sound icon in the bottom right corner
even if I activate it in the sound options it doesn't appear.

That's the Notification area, also called the tray area. If the speaker
icon (volume control) is grayed out in the Sounds and Audio Devices,
Volume tab, you probably need to reinstall the sound card drivers, to
get the volume control.. But, to check whether the wave sounds are set
to play, go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Volume tab, and
click the Advanced button.

 

[Guest]

no i have no sound icon in the tray it wont appear even when i tell it to on
the sound and audio devices menu nothing is greyed out onlt the play button
in the sounds tab to hear any windows sounds.

 

[Elmo]

No I have no sound icon in the tray. It won't appear even when I tell it to on
the sound and audio devices menu. Nothing is greyed out only the play button
in the sounds tab to hear any windows sounds.

You probably need to reinstall the mixer devices drivers for the sound
card. That's what's needed for the volume control.

Here's a suggestion.. the thread was missing, so I don't know who to
attribute it to:

"I found a great program that loads a volume control in the task tray.
To download this utility, click on
http://glorysoft.omsk.ru/vlt_download.html
and select the latest version to install. It works great and you can
always rely on having volume control in your task tray. Basically this
was the only alternative fix I can find to work around the Windows XP
glitch."

Lightning damaged my onboard card, (must've come through the power
pack!) I added a Sound Blaster Audigy card, and its software added its
own version of the volume control. You might look in the Start Menu for
a control panel for your sound card.

 

[Guest]

i hav tried it i have downloaded that it gave me a sound menu in tray a
horrible looking one lol but it still has no sound it has a test sound option
but nothing happens? but if i go to my audio acceories sound maneger that
came with my sound driver it plays sound i hav realtech ac 47 i think. i hav
updated it. ill try again