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Sound icon completely gone ;[
Dear Whomever, ;]
Any assistance with this darn annoying problem would be extremely helpful and appreciated. When starting up my computer recently my sound icon disappeared from the task bar. When I tried to play a wav sound, I received the following error message - Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding (Error= 80040256) I tried removing whatever was listed in settings [a couple of, I guess, conflicitng devices I've never seen before or paid attention to] and restarted my computer. When I did and the system restarted, it stated it was looking for and installing new hardware. When it was completed there was still no sound icon and the devices were all still in the system. I am, obviously ;[ , very unknowledgeable with anything computer related [among other things] and would give my first [and for that matter, second] born for any suggestions that might help repair what I'm guessing/hoping is a simple problem. Thanks in advance for anyone's consideration. I am grateful for any and all participation/suggestions. Thanks again, Your buddy, LG |
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Sound icon completely gone ;[
From where did you remove the 'conflicting devices' which were re-detected, and
exactly what are the names of those devices? What was shown as conflicting? Look in Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager tab, under 'Sound, Video and Game Controllers'. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Louie G." wrote in message ... Dear Whomever, ;] Any assistance with this darn annoying problem would be extremely helpful and appreciated. When starting up my computer recently my sound icon disappeared from the task bar. When I tried to play a wav sound, I received the following error message - Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding (Error= 80040256) I tried removing whatever was listed in settings [a couple of, I guess, conflicitng devices I've never seen before or paid attention to] and restarted my computer. When I did and the system restarted, it stated it was looking for and installing new hardware. When it was completed there was still no sound icon and the devices were all still in the system. I am, obviously ;[ , very unknowledgeable with anything computer related [among other things] and would give my first [and for that matter, second] born for any suggestions that might help repair what I'm guessing/hoping is a simple problem. Thanks in advance for anyone's consideration. I am grateful for any and all participation/suggestions. Thanks again, Your buddy, LG |
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Sound icon completely gone ;[
In Control Panel Multimedia, does it show your sound device as the preferred
device and if not can it be selected from the dropdown list? If not, then adding to Glen's response, start up in Safe Mode and remove any/all of the sound devices from the Device Manager where he mentions, reboot and Windows will redetect/reinstall. If you are still having problems, go to the manufacturers site of your onboard sound chip or adapter (card), download/install the latest updated drivers per their instructions. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Louie G." wrote in message ... Dear Whomever, ;] Any assistance with this darn annoying problem would be extremely helpful and appreciated. When starting up my computer recently my sound icon disappeared from the task bar. When I tried to play a wav sound, I received the following error message - Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding (Error= 80040256) I tried removing whatever was listed in settings [a couple of, I guess, conflicitng devices I've never seen before or paid attention to] and restarted my computer. When I did and the system restarted, it stated it was looking for and installing new hardware. When it was completed there was still no sound icon and the devices were all still in the system. I am, obviously ;[ , very unknowledgeable with anything computer related [among other things] and would give my first [and for that matter, second] born for any suggestions that might help repair what I'm guessing/hoping is a simple problem. Thanks in advance for anyone's consideration. I am grateful for any and all participation/suggestions. Thanks again, Your buddy, LG |
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