sound problem

[Guest]

I have system sounds and skype works. games and video do not have sound.
Sound card is sound blaster audigy 2 zs (wmd) and device manager says it is
working properly but sound device properties says no audio device. There is
no volume control in the lower task bar. I reinstalled the sound card
drivers,zilch. I deleted the sound card and rebooted and then installed
drivers. I installed the latest driver from creative labs,zilch. I installed
the lastest directx9.0 files still not fixed. I had this problem once before
and reinstalling windows fixed it but I would rather not go thru that
procedure again if I can figure out how to fix without a reinstall of windows.

 

[Robert Gault]

I have system sounds and skype works. games and video do not have sound.
Sound card is sound blaster audigy 2 zs (wmd) and device manager says it is
working properly but sound device properties says no audio device. There is
no volume control in the lower task bar. I reinstalled the sound card
drivers,zilch. I deleted the sound card and rebooted and then installed
drivers. I installed the latest driver from creative labs,zilch. I installed
the lastest directx9.0 files still not fixed. I had this problem once before
and reinstalling windows fixed it but I would rather not go thru that
procedure again if I can figure out how to fix without a reinstall of windows.

What report do you get if you run the Creative Diagnostics program? It
should be on your hard drive in the
Program Files/Creative/SBAudigy2/Diagnostics directory and available
from the Start/Programs/Creative list.