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08-15-2008   #11


Vista Business SP1 32bit
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by motarola2 View Post
try a start up repair. that has fixed some odd issues for me, one of them was no sound.
Hi motarola2, thank for the info. My Vista DVD is the first isse, no SP1. My Vista instalation is SP1, upgraded from the Web.

Can I do the repair process in this scenario?

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08-15-2008   #12


Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

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08-15-2008   #13


Vista Business SP1 32bit
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Thanks Ex_Brit, I´ll generate my Vista SP1 boot DVD and use it in the repair process.
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08-15-2008   #14


Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

You're welcome. That's what I did.
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08-15-2008   #15


Windows Vista™ Ultimate
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Hi lcdsantos,

If you can hear sound that means the drivers are correctly installed and working, so thats not the problem...I guess you may have forgot to set the correct 'default' device for sound to use the correct output for other applications

Control Panel\ Sound\ Playback-Tab
Right-Click the Audio Device and click 'Set As Default'

Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default'

Steven
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08-15-2008   #16


Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Hello all.

Brink has created this excellent, all inclusive SP1 slipstream tutorial here at Vista forums.
Please, feel free to have a look at it.

Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD




Later Ted
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08-15-2008   #17


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by lcdsantos View Post
I have a PC with a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x) mobo (GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview - GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x)). It comes with a on board Realtek ALC889A sound chipset. I have installed the latest sound driver from Gigabyte (GIGABYTE - Support - Motherboard - Driver - GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x)) but I have a weird case... The Windows events sounds are not working... When Vista starts, when I increase the sound using slide sound systray control, when some clip plays on a youTube clip... No sound! But when I use, for example aimp2 music player, or when I do the realtek audio manager sound test... I got the sound!!! I´m not sure, but I think the problem started after the SP1 upgrade. Best regards, Luis Santos
Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by dmex View Post
Hi lcdsantos,

If you can hear sound that means the drivers are correctly installed and working, so thats not the problem...I guess you may have forgot to set the correct 'default' device for sound to use the correct output for other applications

Control Panel\ Sound\ Playback-Tab
Right-Click the Audio Device and click 'Set As Default'

Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default'

Steven
Hmmm - that would make sense but it still concerns me that AIMP will play music.....
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08-16-2008   #18


Vista Business SP1 32bit
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by dmex View Post
Hi lcdsantos,

Sometimes Windows will automatically set the device as 'Digital Output' and require you to set 'Speakers' as the default device, It might also help to use the 'test' option located there to determine the correct output device and then set that one as 'default'

Steven
Hi Steven, thanks for trying help. I have already double checked this and the default playback is already correctly setted to the analog output.



Look the dialog. It´s in brazilian portuguese, but you can easy confirm this by the icons... "Auto-falantes" means loudspeakers in portuguese.

It I right-click on auto-fal... err... loudspeakers and test them, the sound works! Look the second picture, where you can see the "vu meter" sound feedback:



Icons and GUI are really a little great invention. Thanks parc.
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08-16-2008   #19


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

Gods, I am an idiot...

Santos - if you click *once* on the sound icon in the system notification area, you get a popup with has the volume level and the word mixer underneath - if you click on mixer, you get the Sound mixer - check to see if Windows Sounds are muted or not...

Muted:

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Not muted:

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08-16-2008   #20


Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: No "Windows" sound in Vista Business 32 SP1

John you're a genius, I'd forgotten all about that mixer. I'm hoping that's the answer.
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