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No Sound
Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have
never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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No Sound
(start/run, type sndrec32
It is a small app set to appear offscreen by default. It will show an icon on the taskbar, and you can press alt-space for the system menu, and M for move, to click the mouse to move it onscreen. It will let you play a sound, ans see a small display of the audio output as a wave image. This will tell you if you are playing the sound, and let you narrow the problem to some hardware device, like a cable, or plug. -- Was this post helpful to you? Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson "Sam Culotta" wrote: Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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Check the following forum post.. at least some variation of that information
may help you. Backup the registry key before beginning. Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter\go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ NodeCLSIDs\{95037DA1-6ED9- 4B27-8CFF-9AD3DFB0B2F2} right click\Export and save as format .reg,... or ..txt, which you can return to .reg format when restoring the backup to the registry in case of a problem. http://www.click-now.net/forums/lofi...php/t3778.html ---------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in message ... (start/run, type sndrec32 It is a small app set to appear offscreen by default. It will show an icon on the taskbar, and you can press alt-space for the system menu, and M for move, to click the mouse to move it onscreen. It will let you play a sound, ans see a small display of the audio output as a wave image. This will tell you if you are playing the sound, and let you narrow the problem to some hardware device, like a cable, or plug. -- Was this post helpful to you? Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson Thank you, Mark. The app showed up on screen when I ran sndrec32. I played the sound and there was no wave movement at all. So, if I read you're post correctly, it's a cable or plug issue? Sam "Sam Culotta" wrote: Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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Thank you for this, Ronaldo..
I admit much of what you've written here exceeds my limited knowledge of computers. I'm going to follow through on Marks message, above, and if that doesn't work, explore these posts more thoroughly.. Thanks again, Sam P.S. The major difference I see is that my system sounds are gone as well as any other sound source, device or hardware driven. And I've not added any programs other than a small print screen program from SimCafe as follows: http://www.fsimcafe.com:80/Downloads...356&Name=FSScr "Ronaldo" wrote in message ... Check the following forum post.. at least some variation of that information may help you. Backup the registry key before beginning. Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter\go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ NodeCLSIDs\{95037DA1-6ED9- 4B27-8CFF-9AD3DFB0B2F2} right click\Export and save as format .reg,... or .txt, which you can return to .reg format when restoring the backup to the registry in case of a problem. http://www.click-now.net/forums/lofi...php/t3778.html ---------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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Check your registry for possible missing values.. many people have restored
their PC sound after following the fix as described in the Weyland forum (link bellow) The initial post starts with a solution in Macromedia Flash Player, but it applies to other missing sound problems as you can read in the forum. This is essentially what the fix consists of: 1. Go to START RUN REGEDIT.EXE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows T\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 Create a new String value named "wavemapper". As value give it "msacm32.drv". (RIGHT CLICK the RIGHT WINDOW / NEW / STRING VALUE -enter "wavemapper" HIGHLIGHT wavemapper for VALUE AS and enter- msacam32.drv One poster added this: Also if you still are not getting any sound, go to: Control Panel Administrative Tools Services Windows Audio and make sure the Status column has been started. Services are not saving my settings so I have to do this every time I reboot. Another poster added this: My system had no sound when playing MIDI files. I found a fix to that based on your solution: At the same place where you add "wavemapper", add a new string named "midimapper" and gives it a value "midimap.dll". Read previous fixes and comments here. http://weyland.be/wrdprss/index.php/...lash-player-9/ The following have been my solutions whenever I've had the same problem: 1.. You may have several sound cards installed and the wrong one may be set as default. To set the correct sound card as default: in the Control Panel\Sound and Audio Devices\Audio\Sound Reproduction\Default device\ Select from the scroll window, if you only have one sound card, this is obviously not your problem,.. so try the next. 2.. Uninstall the sound card in the Device Manager and restart the computer to allow Windows to reinstall the driver. You can do it also from the Control Panel\Sound and Audio Devices\Hardware\highlight the sound card\Properties\Driver\Select "Uninstall" and restart the computer. ------------------------------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Thank you for this, Ronaldo.. I admit much of what you've written here exceeds my limited knowledge of computers. I'm going to follow through on Marks message, above, and if that doesn't work, explore these posts more thoroughly.. Thanks again, Sam P.S. The major difference I see is that my system sounds are gone as well as any other sound source, device or hardware driven. And I've not added any programs other than a small print screen program from SimCafe as follows: http://www.fsimcafe.com:80/Downloads...356&Name=FSScr "Ronaldo" wrote in message ... Check the following forum post.. at least some variation of that information may help you. Backup the registry key before beginning. Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter\go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ NodeCLSIDs\{95037DA1-6ED9- 4B27-8CFF-9AD3DFB0B2F2} right click\Export and save as format .reg,... or .txt, which you can return to .reg format when restoring the backup to the registry in case of a problem. http://www.click-now.net/forums/lofi...php/t3778.html ---------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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Don't ask how, because I haven't clue, but I was working with the Dell chat
and they moved my Wave vol. up and that was the problem. I have no idea how this got moved, but it must have, because now everything is working fine. But again.. thanks to you and Mark for your help. Sam "Ronaldo" wrote in message ... Check your registry for possible missing values.. many people have restored their PC sound after following the fix as described in the Weyland forum (link bellow) The initial post starts with a solution in Macromedia Flash Player, but it applies to other missing sound problems as you can read in the forum. This is essentially what the fix consists of: 1. Go to START RUN REGEDIT.EXE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows T\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 Create a new String value named "wavemapper". As value give it "msacm32.drv". (RIGHT CLICK the RIGHT WINDOW / NEW / STRING VALUE -enter "wavemapper" HIGHLIGHT wavemapper for VALUE AS and enter- msacam32.drv One poster added this: Also if you still are not getting any sound, go to: Control Panel Administrative Tools Services Windows Audio and make sure the Status column has been started. Services are not saving my settings so I have to do this every time I reboot. Another poster added this: My system had no sound when playing MIDI files. I found a fix to that based on your solution: At the same place where you add "wavemapper", add a new string named "midimapper" and gives it a value "midimap.dll". Read previous fixes and comments here. http://weyland.be/wrdprss/index.php/...lash-player-9/ The following have been my solutions whenever I've had the same problem: 1.. You may have several sound cards installed and the wrong one may be set as default. To set the correct sound card as default: in the Control Panel\Sound and Audio Devices\Audio\Sound Reproduction\Default device\ Select from the scroll window, if you only have one sound card, this is obviously not your problem,.. so try the next. 2.. Uninstall the sound card in the Device Manager and restart the computer to allow Windows to reinstall the driver. You can do it also from the Control Panel\Sound and Audio Devices\Hardware\highlight the sound card\Properties\Driver\Select "Uninstall" and restart the computer. ------------------------------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Thank you for this, Ronaldo.. I admit much of what you've written here exceeds my limited knowledge of computers. I'm going to follow through on Marks message, above, and if that doesn't work, explore these posts more thoroughly.. Thanks again, Sam P.S. The major difference I see is that my system sounds are gone as well as any other sound source, device or hardware driven. And I've not added any programs other than a small print screen program from SimCafe as follows: http://www.fsimcafe.com:80/Downloads...356&Name=FSScr "Ronaldo" wrote in message ... Check the following forum post.. at least some variation of that information may help you. Backup the registry key before beginning. Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and Enter\go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ NodeCLSIDs\{95037DA1-6ED9- 4B27-8CFF-9AD3DFB0B2F2} right click\Export and save as format .reg,... or .txt, which you can return to .reg format when restoring the backup to the registry in case of a problem. http://www.click-now.net/forums/lofi...php/t3778.html ---------------------------------------- "Sam Culotta" escribió en el mensaje ... Suddenly, today, I have no sound at all. I'm using an XP system and have never had this problem before. I'm getting no system sounds and no sound from CD's, Windows Media, Real Audio... nothing. I've gone through all the "help" steps: checked vol. controls, device manager, etc. I know the speakers are working because I hear the "pop" when I turn them on or off. Thanks for any help. Sam |
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