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SysTray Volume Control Missing
Hello:
Win98 My Volume Control that sits in the SysTray is missing. It was there before I installed MSN IM then when I installed that, the Control disappeared. I went into MSCONFIG and disabled and re-inabled SysTray, but that didn't do anything. I went into the Audio tab within Multimedia from Control Panel, but I can't check the box for "Show volume control on the taskbar" because that function has been disabled, so I can't do anything there. I've looked under Windows Setup within Add/Remove, and I removed the Volume Control setting under Multimedia. I reinstalled that, and still nothing happened. Does anyone know how I can get that back? Is there a registry setting I should be looking at? Thanks for your help. gwtc |
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SysTray Volume Control Missing
I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver.
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "gwtc" wrote in message ... Hello: Win98 My Volume Control that sits in the SysTray is missing. It was there before I installed MSN IM then when I installed that, the Control disappeared. I went into MSCONFIG and disabled and re-inabled SysTray, but that didn't do anything. I went into the Audio tab within Multimedia from Control Panel, but I can't check the box for "Show volume control on the taskbar" because that function has been disabled, so I can't do anything there. I've looked under Windows Setup within Add/Remove, and I removed the Volume Control setting under Multimedia. I reinstalled that, and still nothing happened. Does anyone know how I can get that back? Is there a registry setting I should be looking at? Thanks for your help. gwtc |
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Bingo, Thanks Ron. I would never have thought of removing the audio
drivers. The volume control is back in the systray, and the check box for "show volume control on the task bar" is checked, but its still grayed out. Any idea where in the registry would this be? Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. gwtc Ron Badour wrote: I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver. |
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Ron Badour wrote: I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver. Question Ron? Why did you nominate that he reinstall the "proper" driver? He never stated he had a problem prior, and hence the wrong driver that was working fine prior. Just a question and learning curve. J&P |
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The control went missing from the systray so what could have happened?
Maybe an audio driver update got installed or maybe the driver got corrupted--who knows but it appeared to me the problem was probably being caused by a driver issue. When I said reinstall the proper driver, my assumption was that W98 would not contain the correct driver (it had very few) and he would have to locate the right one to install. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "lennon" lennon/mcartney@northernsongs wrote in message ... Ron Badour wrote: I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver. Question Ron? Why did you nominate that he reinstall the "proper" driver? He never stated he had a problem prior, and hence the wrong driver that was working fine prior. Just a question and learning curve. J&P |
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SysTray Volume Control Missing
It is strange that the icon is back in the systray and working but the item
is grayed out in the control panel. What you might want to do is boot in safe mode and then check device manager for audio devices. Sometimes there can be an entry that can cause a problem; however, the entry will not show up in device manager in normal mode. Should you find entries in safe mode, delete all of them and reboot. Then try loading the right driver again. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "gwtc" wrote in message ... Bingo, Thanks Ron. I would never have thought of removing the audio drivers. The volume control is back in the systray, and the check box for "show volume control on the task bar" is checked, but its still grayed out. Any idea where in the registry would this be? Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. gwtc Ron Badour wrote: I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver. |
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SysTray Volume Control Missing
I was fiddling around with the area, and this is what I found. From
Multimedia, under the Audio Tab, and for Playback, in the drop down for Playback, the current setting is "Use any available device" and the "Show volume control on the task bar" box is checked but it is grayed out. However, if I pick the other option "C-Media Wave Device {1}" then I have access to the check box for the volume control. But, if I go back to the original setting of "Use any available device" then I don't have access to that check box, and the check mark is removed from that box. Oh well, its working now, and I'm satisfied. I know what to do the next time. Thanks for your help. gwtc Ron Badour wrote: It is strange that the icon is back in the systray and working but the item is grayed out in the control panel. What you might want to do is boot in safe mode and then check device manager for audio devices. Sometimes there can be an entry that can cause a problem; however, the entry will not show up in device manager in normal mode. Should you find entries in safe mode, delete all of them and reboot. Then try loading the right driver again. |
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then what would be your solution?
gwtc lennon wrote: Ron Badour wrote: I'd remove the audio driver, reboot and then reinstall the proper driver. Question Ron? Why did you nominate that he reinstall the "proper" driver? He never stated he had a problem prior, and hence the wrong driver that was working fine prior. Just a question and learning curve. J&P |
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SysTray Volume Control Missing
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:56:41 -0800, gwtc
put finger to keyboard and composed: From Multimedia, under the Audio Tab, and for Playback, in the drop down for Playback, the current setting is "Use any available device" and the "Show volume control on the task bar" box is checked but it is grayed out. However, if I pick the other option "C-Media Wave Device {1}" then I have access to the check box for the volume control. But, if I go back to the original setting of "Use any available device" then I don't have access to that check box, and the check mark is removed from that box. My "Show volume control on the task bar" box disappears if I select any of the following as my playback device: Game Compatible Device Voice Modem Wave #00 Line Voice Modem Wave #00 Handset Presumably this means that there is no way for SNDVOL32.EXE to control the volume of these devices. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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