Did all that and still not working (pity!). i really do appreciate your help.
I work in Nigeria (Lagos) and live in England (where I bought the Viao). the
complete name is VGN-FZ11Z - It's the new one that is designed for
entertainment!!...some entertainment...fixing the sound afer a few weeks of
owning it! the URL for the Viao is:
http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...y=VN+FZ+Series
The driver is: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC (it says it is working
properly).
"dean-dean" wrote:
> Well, when you reported that Volume Mixer wasn't showing a separate column
> for the game, that, to me, indicates a sound driver problem, or that it lost
> it's configuration. Try right-clicking the Volume icon, and choose Playback
> Devices. Double-click the Device in the window that pops up. On the
> Enhancements tab, put a check next to "Disable all sound effects", then
> click Apply. On the Advanced tab, click on Restore Defaults, and make sure
> both check-boxes, under Exclusive Mode, do have a check mark. (Apply, OK).
>
> What country do you live in? Is VGN-FZ11Z the complete name for your Vaio
> model? In Device Manager, under "Sound, video and game controllers", what
> is the name of your sound device?
>
>
> "AWAC" <AWAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:964E9911-5C97-4533-82A4-920B086027E2@microsoft.com...
> > Well, turning off games, hard switch off, switch on, turn on games again
> > didn't work. I am stuck!
> >
> > "AWAC" wrote:
> >
> >> Many thanks for your reply. However, the volume for the game (or indeed
> >> any
> >> of the pre-loaded games) is not listed separately when I have any of them
> >> running. What is shown in the Volume Mixer is Device (speaker and
> >> headphones)
> >> plus another one for Windows Applications. They are both set to 100%
> >> volume
> >> and neither is muted.
> >>
> >> i am now trying the following - turn off games, switch off laptop
> >> (coMplete
> >> shutdown and not just restart). When it boots up again, i will turn on
> >> the
> >> games again and hope that they instal correctly (i.e. complete with
> >> sound!).
> >> I will post he result (fingers crossed!).
> >>
> >> "dean-dean" wrote:
> >>
> >> > You might check this. When playing Mahjong, for example, right-click
> >> > the
> >> > Volume icon in the notification area, and choose Open Volume Mixer.
> >> > The
> >> > game will be listed with its own volume control. Is it muted, or
> >> > turned all
> >> > the way down?
> >> >
> >> > "AWAC" <AWAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:4B975F9C-180E-4AC9-B8F0-B4258FC2D07C@microsoft.com...
> >> > > The sound on all the Vista (Home Premium) pre-loaded games worked.
> >> > > Now
> >> > > although the games work, i cannot get the sound to work. I have one
> >> > > other
> >> > > game loaded into the standard Vista games folder - Rush For Berlin -
> >> > > and
> >> > > that
> >> > > works perfectly. I have tried disabling the sound to each pre-loaded
> >> > > game,
> >> > > saving and restarting the computer (Sony Viao VGN-FZ11Z which is 3
> >> > > weeks
> >> > > old!) to no avail.
> >> > >
> >> > > All other sounds work pefectly (e.g. music at start up, bleeps and
> >> > > stuff,
> >> > > etc) and I have no problems with sound via DVDs.
> >> > >
> >> > > Very puzzling - but how can I get the sounds back? Can anyone help
> >> > > please.
> >> >
> >> >
>