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lost sound icon beside clock
Name: wrazzy Date: August 4, 2004 at 16:11:17 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: pentium 3 512 ram
Comment:
i have lost the sound icon let me say first i have already went to the window set up and removed the volume control, this didn't work. i have looked in the multimedia properties and the mark is in the box, but everything is greyed out. i have re-installed my sound card, and all the configurations are ok in the device manager...any suggetions.
Name: Dave357 Date: August 4, 2004 at 18:04:53 Pacific
Reply:
Melissa, try going to Multimedia Properties & untick the box>Apply. After a shutdown & restart, go back & tick the box again>Apply.
HTH
Dave
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Response Number 2
Name: wrazzy Date: August 4, 2004 at 19:27:35 Pacific
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can't do that...the box is all greyed out, i have no function in the multimedia at all
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Response Number 3
Name: KenOath Date: August 4, 2004 at 22:37:02 Pacific
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The only time iv'e ever seen the multimedia properties all greyed out is when the drivers have'nt been loaded for the sound card, or if there's a conflict in resources between the soundcard & another device.
make it idiot proof & somebody will make a better idiot.!
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: August 5, 2004 at 00:06:42 Pacific
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You say you went into windows setup and removed the volume control--did you then reinstall it?
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Response Number 5
Name: wrazzy Date: August 5, 2004 at 13:09:37 Pacific
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lol must have a bugger of a problem then eh? lol yeah it was re-installed. there is no conflict with drivers for my soundcard. any further suggestions?
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Response Number 6
Name: wrazzy Date: August 5, 2004 at 13:41:46 Pacific
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i ran my system file checker it came out ok. i ran my dr. watson and low and behold it told me that i'm missing my mmsystem.dll file in the boot section of my system ini. and that this may cause erratic errors with my multimedia services....hmmmm ok then how to i put this file back into my system ini correctly??
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Response Number 7
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: August 5, 2004 at 17:53:58 Pacific
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In 'multimedia' what is the playback preferred device?
Some sound card software will install their own volume icon. Have you checked all the listed icons there?
Check in msconfig--startup also.
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Response Number 8
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: August 5, 2004 at 17:58:48 Pacific
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I didn't read your #6. Go ahead and try it. The line will be:
drivers=mmsystem.dll
If there are other drivers listed in that line, keep then there also.
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