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[jay]

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Sound system failure DirectX diagnostics: "Failure at Step
3 (Direct Sound Create) HResult = 0x88780078"

Any help out there.

 

[Guest]

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Three things. First, try reinstalling your sound card drivers. Second,
try installing the latest version of DirectX from
www.microsoft.com/directx . Finally, try the DirectX newsgroup

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Nathan McNulty


Jay wrote:
> Sound system failure DirectX diagnostics: "Failure at Step
> 3 (Direct Sound Create) HResult = 0x88780078"
>
> Any help out there.