Voice issue

[Ian Sullivan]

I have searched the forum but found nothing like the issue
I have, so experts please feel free to jump in. . .

Whenever I start a voice conversation I get about two
seconds of two way voice then my pc locks up and I need to
re-boot. Any ideas what is happening and what to do about
it?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Ian,

What you're usually describing is some sort of issue with your audio drivers (assuming you're
just using your soundcard). You may want to visit WindowsUpdate
(http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, after scanning, click Drivers on the left) and update to
the latest drivers for your soundcard.

Alternatively you can simply go to whoever make your sound card/on-board sound website and
look for newer drivers there.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Ian Sullivan" > wrote in message
...
>I have searched the forum but found nothing like the issue
> I have, so experts please feel free to jump in. . .
>
> Whenever I start a voice conversation I get about two
> seconds of two way voice then my pc locks up and I need to
> re-boot. Any ideas what is happening and what to do about
> it?

[Ian Sullivan]

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the fast reply!

I will update the drivers on the two machines I'm testing
with.

My only question is why AOL IM works fine but Windows
Messenger doesn't if it is about the AC97 drivers?

Cheers,

Ian




>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Ian,
>
>What you're usually describing is some sort of issue with
your audio drivers (assuming you're
>just using your soundcard). You may want to visit
WindowsUpdate
>(http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, after scanning,
click Drivers on the left) and update to
>the latest drivers for your soundcard.
>
>Alternatively you can simply go to whoever make your
sound card/on-board sound website and
>look for newer drivers there.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Ian Sullivan" >
wrote in message
...
>>I have searched the forum but found nothing like the
issue
>> I have, so experts please feel free to jump in. . .
>>
>> Whenever I start a voice conversation I get about two
>> seconds of two way voice then my pc locks up and I need
to
>> re-boot. Any ideas what is happening and what to do
about
>> it?
>
>
>.
>