No SYSTEM sounds in windows

[Jimo]

Bit of a backwards situation... Gateway Solo 600YG2
laptop (MS XP Home with all update patches) with ESS
Audio Card with following symptoms:

No sound Icon in system tray. (regardless of checkmark in
Control Panel)

No sound produced by system events (windows startup, etc.)

In Control Panel > Sounds > Sounds, If you select an
event with a sound file attached, the file name shows up,
but the play button is grayed out.

Start > Run > sndvol32 will bring up the ESS volume
controls and they adjust and work.

Device manager and other portions of sounds in control
panel are normal. (have reinstalled and also updated ESS
drivers) (ESS is set as default, and is enabled)

Microsoft Sam voice sample plays ok.

Direct X and Sound Diagnostics pass and produce normal
sound.

Media player plays .wav files (same ones that don't show
play button in sounds above) and .mp3 files normally.

Other icons show normally in the tray.

No abnormal events in event log and Signature file
checker passes without error.

Due to software installed, system restore point is a last
resort.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jimo,

Try the suggestions here and good luck!

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

 

[Jimo]

Tried all at your site with no success.

TweakUI - block was checked.
Reloaded wav files
Applied 3 reg patches
Same problem

Thanks for the link...

-----Original Message-----
Hi Jimo,

Try the suggestions here and good luck!

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

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

Bit of a backwards situation... Gateway Solo 600YG2
laptop (MS XP Home with all update patches) with ESS
Audio Card with following symptoms:

No sound Icon in system tray. (regardless of checkmark in
Control Panel)

No sound produced by system events (windows startup, etc.)

In Control Panel > Sounds > Sounds, If you select an
event with a sound file attached, the file name shows up,
but the play button is grayed out.

Start > Run > sndvol32 will bring up the ESS volume
controls and they adjust and work.

Device manager and other portions of sounds in control
panel are normal. (have reinstalled and also updated ESS
drivers) (ESS is set as default, and is enabled)

Microsoft Sam voice sample plays ok.

Direct X and Sound Diagnostics pass and produce normal
sound.

Media player plays .wav files (same ones that don't show
play button in sounds above) and .mp3 files normally.

Other icons show normally in the tray.

No abnormal events in event log and Signature file
checker passes without error.

Due to software installed, system restore point is a last
resort.

.