Some sound events don't work

[SS]

Certain sound events stopped working from a few days ago. Like The sound
associated with Windows Start and Windows Exit, for example..... have
stopped working. But all other sound events work. Even the non-working ones
work all right when tested in Sounds and Multimedia setting. Changing the
sound scheme or changing the associated wav file works within that Control
Panel applet only - not when that event occurs!

I tried setting off all sounds, rebooting, setting a different sound scheme,
rebooting and still some events don't produce the sound! Does not affect any
PC function. Every other audio function - WMP10, DVD players, Adobe
Premiere, Sony Vegas - work perfectly fine. Every audio and other
multimedia device shows as working in Device Manager and all have the latest
drivers installed and intact. There have been no harware/software changes on
this PC that could affect this. Spy/Ad-ware checks turned up nothing. I
would like to know what gives just by way of interest.

TIA.

SS

 

[John Vaughan]

I just bought this athlon64 and i have the same symptoms.. Basic window
stuff doesn't work but dvd, cd and media pkayer does. nothing is wrong in
device manager i'm looking to this group for the answer.


johnv