System Sounds not working

Thanks Will, but...

I'm going quietly nuts...

I've re-installed the sound drivers, applied all of Kelly's tweaks and the
Status is still Quo - No System Sounds (including Office Sounds), no
TV tuner sound.

I CAN listen to CDs, watch DVDs etc., etc......
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

"Will Denny" <willdenny.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eCvwBODlGHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Have you tried the following link to Kelly's site:
>
> "Where did my Sounds go?"
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
> "Pat Garard" <apgarard-bigpond:net:au> wrote in message
> news:OkRjo8ClGHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> G'Day All,
>>
>> My PC Sound System works with Windows Media and iRiver players,
>> and tests ok with dxdiag.
>>
>> Game Sounds play correctly.
>>
>> However, it no longer plays System Sounds.
>>
>> In the Control Panel Applet, I see the expected list of sounds, I can select
>> different sounds, but the 'Play' button is disabled (I can play the sounds
>> with
>> WMP 10 if I use Explorer). The Sound device is selected on the Audio and
>> Voice Tabs.
>>
>> Although the 'Place volume icon in the taskbar' box is checked, the control
>> no longer appears in the System Tray.
>>
>> I have a TV Card that also fails to play Sounds as it did previously.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated!
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Pat Garard
>> Melbourne, Australia
>> _______________________
>>
>>
>
>

Did you figure this out Pat? I have the same stupid problem.



Pat Garard wrote:
> Thanks Will, but...
>
> I'm going quietly nuts...
>
> I've re-installed the sound drivers, applied all of Kelly's tweaks and the
> Status is still Quo - No System Sounds (including Office Sounds), no
> TV tuner sound.
>
> I CAN listen to CDs, watch DVDs etc., etc......
> --
> Regards,
> Pat Garard
> Melbourne, Australia
> _______________________
>
> "Will Denny" <willdenny.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eCvwBODlGHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> >
> > Have you tried the following link to Kelly's site:
> >
> > "Where did my Sounds go?"
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Will Denny
> > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> > Please reply to the News Groups
> >
> > "Pat Garard" <apgarard-bigpond:net:au> wrote in message
> > news:OkRjo8ClGHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> G'Day All,
> >>
> >> My PC Sound System works with Windows Media and iRiver players,
> >> and tests ok with dxdiag.
> >>
> >> Game Sounds play correctly.
> >>
> >> However, it no longer plays System Sounds.
> >>
> >> In the Control Panel Applet, I see the expected list of sounds, I can select
> >> different sounds, but the 'Play' button is disabled (I can play the sounds
> >> with
> >> WMP 10 if I use Explorer). The Sound device is selected on the Audio and
> >> Voice Tabs.
> >>
> >> Although the 'Place volume icon in the taskbar' box is checked, the control
> >> no longer appears in the System Tray.
> >>
> >> I have a TV Card that also fails to play Sounds as it did previously.
> >>
> >> Any ideas would be appreciated!
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Pat Garard
> >> Melbourne, Australia
> >> _______________________
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

G'Day Michael,

No (Don't know what I did)... and then again Yes (Everything now works)!

None of Kelly's tweaks helped, and I eventually lost ALL sound....long story.

Two things seemed to help...
Uninstall the Sound drivers (cold reboot - cancel New Hardware Wizard)
Uninstall the Sound device (cold reboot - cancel New Hardware Wizard)

After several sessions (and cold reboots) and no sound, I re-installed the
drivers
and everything worked.

(By cold reboot I mean shutdown to power off for 10s minimum then power up
and restart). HTH!
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

<pickardmichael.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151616453.011578.245890@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Did you figure this out Pat? I have the same stupid problem.
>
>
>
> Pat Garard wrote:
>> Thanks Will, but...
>>
>> I'm going quietly nuts...
>>
>> I've re-installed the sound drivers, applied all of Kelly's tweaks and the
>> Status is still Quo - No System Sounds (including Office Sounds), no
>> TV tuner sound.
>>
>> I CAN listen to CDs, watch DVDs etc., etc......
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Pat Garard
>> Melbourne, Australia
>> _______________________
>>
>> "Will Denny" <willdenny.DeleteThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:eCvwBODlGHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Have you tried the following link to Kelly's site:
>> >
>> > "Where did my Sounds go?"
>> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> > Will Denny
>> > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> > Please reply to the News Groups
>> >
>> > "Pat Garard" <apgarard-bigpond:net:au> wrote in message
>> > news:OkRjo8ClGHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> G'Day All,
>> >>
>> >> My PC Sound System works with Windows Media and iRiver players,
>> >> and tests ok with dxdiag.
>> >>
>> >> Game Sounds play correctly.
>> >>
>> >> However, it no longer plays System Sounds.
>> >>
>> >> In the Control Panel Applet, I see the expected list of sounds, I can
>> >> select
>> >> different sounds, but the 'Play' button is disabled (I can play the sounds
>> >> with
>> >> WMP 10 if I use Explorer). The Sound device is selected on the Audio and
>> >> Voice Tabs.
>> >>
>> >> Although the 'Place volume icon in the taskbar' box is checked, the
>> >> control
>> >> no longer appears in the System Tray.
>> >>
>> >> I have a TV Card that also fails to play Sounds as it did previously.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas would be appreciated!
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Pat Garard
>> >> Melbourne, Australia
>> >> _______________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>

just trying to help


After a Win update last year, same thing happened to me.

I ended up spending a wk on this issue, and then went to Cntl
Panel,Sounds-Audio, and made a new sound scheme and saved/applied. That
worked.....