System sounds gone after windows update

[Dirk]

Hello,

I use W2K SP4 and recently performed a windows update. After that all
the system-sounds (Ding, Systemstart, Systemshutdown...) were gone,
the PC-speaker beeps instead. All other sounds work properly. Even if
I test the sounds in controlpanel/sounds I can hear them.

It's not the microsoft registry thing (knowledge-base #262256) and it
is NOT user-specific.

When I deactivate and activate (without booting) the sound-card-driver
(SB LIVE WAVE, newest version) in device-manager, the system sounds
work until the next reboot.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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From: (e-mail address removed) (Dirk)
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.general
Subject: System sounds gone after windows update
Date: 6 May 2004 10:30:34 -0700

Hello,

I use W2K SP4 and recently performed a windows update. After that all
the system-sounds (Ding, Systemstart, Systemshutdown...) were gone,
the PC-speaker beeps instead. All other sounds work properly. Even if
I test the sounds in controlpanel/sounds I can hear them.

It's not the microsoft registry thing (knowledge-base #262256) and it
is NOT user-specific.

When I deactivate and activate (without booting) the sound-card-driver
(SB LIVE WAVE, newest version) in device-manager, the system sounds
work until the next reboot.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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It looks like you might have a compatibility issue with your sound drivers
and SP4. I would start by checking the vendor website for an update.


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[Fred Roven]

I had the same issue after recent update and am using most current driver.

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[Steve Nielsen]

Hello,

I use W2K SP4 and recently performed a windows update. After that all
the system-sounds (Ding, Systemstart, Systemshutdown...) were gone,
the PC-speaker beeps instead. All other sounds work properly. Even if
I test the sounds in controlpanel/sounds I can hear them.

It's not the microsoft registry thing (knowledge-base #262256) and it
is NOT user-specific.

When I deactivate and activate (without booting) the sound-card-driver
(SB LIVE WAVE, newest version) in device-manager, the system sounds
work until the next reboot.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Roll back your sound card drivers and never download hardware driver
updates from M$ again, just stick to the critical security updates.

Steve

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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From: "Fred Roven" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: System sounds gone after windows update
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:42:35 -0400

I had the same issue after recent update and am using most current driver.

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Fred Roven
Martha's Vineyard Buyer Agents
256 Edgartown Road
Edgartown, MA 02539-1661

(e-mail address removed)
www.mvbuyeragents.com

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Which hotfix(es) did you install?


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[Fred Roven]

I uninstalled the updates and deleted unistall files so I am not sure of the
numbers. I bewlieve their were three updates on April 25. Anyone figured
out what is going on yet?

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Fred Roven
Martha's Vineyard Buyer Agents
256 Edgartown Road
Edgartown, MA 02539-1661

(e-mail address removed)
www.mvbuyeragents.com

Office: 508-627-5177
Fax: 508-627-7004
Home 508-627-4157
Cell 508-662-3205