resolution and sound

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So I was being a wise guy and decided to uninstall things in my laptop. its
a acer travelmate 2500 and worked so well. i bought it from a friend so no
warranty or company support.

two things disappeared that seem to be of consequence.

1. I lost the button that helps me change resolution. the only resolution
changes that i have available are in desktop properties> settings. 1024x768
and 800x600. when the screen display moves in any software, the scrolling is
slow and doesnt flow smoothly anymore. its like its moving 5 lines at a
time... and that gives it a wavy feeling going up and down. i have a
headache with that!

2. Also, I cant see the sound volume button anymore to change sounds. come
to think of it, i havent heard sounds on my laptop since yesterday. anyone
know what i can do? id appreciate any help!
 
esoteric_astute said:
So I was being a wise guy and decided to uninstall things in my
laptop. its a acer travelmate 2500 and worked so well. i bought it
from a friend so no warranty or company support.

two things disappeared that seem to be of consequence.

1. I lost the button that helps me change resolution. the only
resolution changes that i have available are in desktop properties>
settings. 1024x768 and 800x600. when the screen display moves in
any software, the scrolling is slow and doesnt flow smoothly anymore.
its like its moving 5 lines at a time... and that gives it a wavy
feeling going up and down. i have a headache with that!

2. Also, I cant see the sound volume button anymore to change
sounds. come to think of it, i havent heard sounds on my laptop
since yesterday. anyone know what i can do? id appreciate any help!
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Well download and reinstall the drivers then! I can't see it takes a genius
to figure that out!
 
well see i am NOT a computer genius at all. I'm a finance guy. Not sure
where to get the drivers and not sure which ones I need :(
 
esoteric_astute said:
well see i am NOT a computer genius at all. I'm a finance guy. Not sure
where to get the drivers and not sure which ones I need :(
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Don't worry about it; nor is she.

ss.
 
HI Mike,

Thanks for your help with this one. got the video thing sorted out. got
the resolutions icon back and the display is so much smoother now. You know
your stuff!

I still can't seem to get the volume control button to come back :( not
sure how to get that done.
 
In control panel click on sounds and audio devices,under the volume tab
their should be a box to place the volume control on the taskbar,check this
box and click apply.
 
In addition:

Restore Volume and Net Icon to Notification Area (Line 320)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Troubleshooting the Volume Control Icon
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_v.htm#volume

Volume Icon Is Displayed Incorrectly in the Notification Area After the
Computer Resumes from Standby
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828694&Product=winxp

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
 
heres what it says when i do that..

windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the volume
control program has not been installed. to install it, use add remove
programs in control panel.

when i go to add remove... i cant seem to get anything done to download and
install volume control.
 
Common issue as I stated before. The procedure is listed below:

Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume
Control program has not been installed. To install it use Add/Remove
Programs in Control Panel.

To resolve this issue, extract a new copy of Sndvol32.exe from the Windows
XP CD to the system_root \System32 folder on your computer's hard disk. To
do this, follow these steps:

Start/Run/CMD. In the command prompt window type:

X: (where X is your CD Drive letter)
CD \I386

Then use the expand command:
expand -r sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32

Note: This assumes XP is installed on C: and that its installed in the
Windows folder. If not, you'll need to adjust the command accordingly.
Additionally, this must be an installable version of XP, not a "recovery
CD".


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

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

thanks for your email. i dont have the xp cd. it all came installed in
this used laptop i bought a few months ago. is it possible to download
Sndvol32.exe from somewhere? is it possible for you to email it to me?
(e-mail address removed)

appreciate all the help.
 
I am having the same exact problem with my desktop. I keep getting an error
msg

" windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the volume
control program has not been installed. to install it, use add remove
programs in control panel."

when i go to add remove... i cant seem to get anything done to download and
install volume control. I'm pretty sure I don't have my XP backup CD
anymore, and every site I've visited to dowload a driver seems to be of no
help. Anyone have any suggestions???

--Fredonb
 

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