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speaker on tsk bar is gone & I need it. Please help
Name: rabbit Date: May 17, 2000 at 12:23:54 Pacific
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my speaker dissapeared from the task bar. when I go to multimedia to check 'show volume control on task bar' it is greyed out. There are no conflicts in the device manager, and everything else seems to work except the sound. I have an intergrated system so I can't pull the sound card as it is not a card but a part of the mother board. Also there is no driver to speak of. When I go to system config utility I find that system tray is checked. I can't think of where else to look. Any suggestions?
In Multimedia do you have any more device's under Preferred device, ifso try one
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Response Number 2
Name: Ender Date: May 17, 2000 at 12:47:49 Pacific
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You may also want to check that the Volume control has not been uninstalled. If so reinstall it. I would also concidering removing it and reinstalling it if it is indeed allready installed.
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Response Number 3
Name: John Hartzog Date: May 17, 2000 at 13:29:12 Pacific
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Rabbit,
I agree with Ender. Reinstall the volume control from the CD. Be careful that you do not uninstall something else when you do.
John
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Response Number 4
Name: rabbit Date: May 17, 2000 at 13:31:55 Pacific
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thanks, bob. I tried that and it is a no-go. Ender, should volume control be under the install/uninstall or is it elsewhere.
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Response Number 5
Name: rabbit Date: May 17, 2000 at 13:45:10 Pacific
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I am not sure how to reinstall the volume control. I don't see it under install/uninstall so I am assuming you are talking about windows setup / multimedia. Is this correct?
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Response Number 6
Name: james/mtl Date: May 17, 2000 at 14:17:37 Pacific
in device manager open and click on sound card,properties,driver,update driver and reload the drivers again.
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Response Number 8
Name: rabbit Date: May 17, 2000 at 16:46:40 Pacific
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I'm closer than I was, but I'm gonna start again. I need to be able to use my advanced properties in multimedia/audio. They are greyed out. Any ideas?
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Response Number 9
Name: Bryan Date: May 17, 2000 at 17:17:09 Pacific
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The probable cause for the disappearing speaker is a new version of winmm.dll which is not compatible with older sound card drivers. Install an earlier version which can be found on the Win95 CDROM or download from solo.abac.com/dllarchive/index.html
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