Bizzare Sound problem!

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Hi,

Kelly MPV wrote:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_USERS.

In the right pane, right click the word (Default) and choose Delete.
If anything was listed under Value Data, it will be replaced
immediately to Default settings and your sound should be restored
after a reboot.

If you receive an error box that reads: "Unable to delete all
specified values", click Ok then move on to the next edit listed
below.

Restore System Default Sounds (Line 6)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Fix the Ding.wav File (Line 6)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Hope it helps.

--
Peter


"Jon" wrote:

> I would really appreciate some ideas here because I am stumped!!
>
> I ma running Windows XP-sp1 with all latest patches. I have a Hercules
> Fortissimo II sound card with 609a drivers installed (the latest). These
> drivers have not been changed for many many months
>
> Sound suddenly stopped working on my PC. The symptoms are this:
>
> 1. Initial "Windows is starting" sound appears as normal when I log on but
> then all sound stops working.
> 2. If you try to play a system sound using the Sound applet in control panel
> you get an error about possibly corrupt wav file.
> 3. If you run a dxdiag then direct sound fails at step 17(play) with error
> 0x80004005.
> 4. if I connect to the same PC using remote desktop with sound transferred
> to remote machine then there are no errors at step 2 and 3 and the sounds
> play fine.
> 5. There are no errors in device manager
> 6. Windows Media, Realplayer etc. all appear visually to play fine - no
> errors - but no sound is heard.
>
> I have unistalled and reinstalled my sound drivers several times to no
> effect.
>
> There is not much else running on this machine - just Mcafee and Zonealarm.
> I have recently upgraded to Zonealarm 5 and am not sure if I have listened
> to sound on this PC since then, but uninstalling Zonealarm did not help. I
> have also recently installed the new Napster, but uninstalling that also did
> not help.
>
> I also tried disabling fast user switching (a long shot!) but that also made
> no difference!
>
> I have searched MS's KB but found nothing but something about a conflict
> with BitFax (or something like that) which I do not have.
>
> I can now think of nothing to do but reinstall Windows which seems extreme.
> I would hope the the error messages and the fact that sound works when I log
> on, but not afterwards would help.
>
> Any help very verymuch appreciated.
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Don't worry, sorry for wasting your time, fixed.

After 2 days of hours struggling with this problem I finally went back to
the original CD drivers rather than jumping straight to getting the latest
off the web and all now works.

Its still a mystery what was wrong (other than the drivers were somehow
screwed up) but all is now right with the world!

"Jon" <jong@REMOVETHISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news7VB2mvVEHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks but sadly, no dice.
>
> Tried the reg fixes and they made no difference.
>
> In case it wasn't clear, no sound is working on my PC after the inital XP
> login tune. But that inital tune works fine.
>
> Lack of system sounds is a symptom, but no other sound apps (EG. WMP)
> generate sound either (although WMP, Realplayer etc.do not generate an
error
> message and appear to the eye to be working no sound is heard). Sounds do
> play remotely if I connect to the same user session via RDP.
>
> Something during the login sequence must be killing sound, but I have
tried
> disabling everything but core MS services and sound and graphics and I
still
> had the problem.
>
> All ideas welcome!
>
> Jon
>
>
> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1D360D8B-7077-4007-908A-16BC264EDB74@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Kelly MPV wrote:
> >
> > Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_USERS.
> >
> > In the right pane, right click the word (Default) and choose Delete.
> > If anything was listed under Value Data, it will be replaced
> > immediately to Default settings and your sound should be restored
> > after a reboot.
> >
> > If you receive an error box that reads: "Unable to delete all
> > specified values", click Ok then move on to the next edit listed
> > below.
> >
> > Restore System Default Sounds (Line 6)
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >
> > Fix the Ding.wav File (Line 6)
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >
> > Hope it helps.
> >
> > --
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > "Jon" wrote:
> >
> > > I would really appreciate some ideas here because I am stumped!!
> > >
> > > I ma running Windows XP-sp1 with all latest patches. I have a Hercules
> > > Fortissimo II sound card with 609a drivers installed (the latest).
These
> > > drivers have not been changed for many many months
> > >
> > > Sound suddenly stopped working on my PC. The symptoms are this:
> > >
> > > 1. Initial "Windows is starting" sound appears as normal when I log on
> but
> > > then all sound stops working.
> > > 2. If you try to play a system sound using the Sound applet in control
> panel
> > > you get an error about possibly corrupt wav file.
> > > 3. If you run a dxdiag then direct sound fails at step 17(play) with
> error
> > > 0x80004005.
> > > 4. if I connect to the same PC using remote desktop with sound
> transferred
> > > to remote machine then there are no errors at step 2 and 3 and the
> sounds
> > > play fine.
> > > 5. There are no errors in device manager
> > > 6. Windows Media, Realplayer etc. all appear visually to play fine -
no
> > > errors - but no sound is heard.
> > >
> > > I have unistalled and reinstalled my sound drivers several times to no
> > > effect.
> > >
> > > There is not much else running on this machine - just Mcafee and
> Zonealarm.
> > > I have recently upgraded to Zonealarm 5 and am not sure if I have
> listened
> > > to sound on this PC since then, but uninstalling Zonealarm did not
help.
> I
> > > have also recently installed the new Napster, but uninstalling that
also
> did
> > > not help.
> > >
> > > I also tried disabling fast user switching (a long shot!) but that
also
> made
> > > no difference!
> > >
> > > I have searched MS's KB but found nothing but something about a
conflict
> > > with BitFax (or something like that) which I do not have.
> > >
> > > I can now think of nothing to do but reinstall Windows which seems
> extreme.
> > > I would hope the the error messages and the fact that sound works when
I
> log
> > > on, but not afterwards would help.
> > >
> > > Any help very verymuch appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>