Vista - No sound in Windows 7

When I installed Windows 7 it gave an error message about the driver for the
emulated sound card not being compatible. The error said the sound icon
would not be in the systray because no audio device was installed.
How do I fix this?

"Melelina" <melelina@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uUGscPjdJHA.3864@xxxxxxDevice Manager says Multimedia Audio Controller has no driver installed. A
search for a driver fails to find one.

On Jan 14, 5:48*am, "Melelina" <melel...@xxxxxx> wrote:If have to choose "Vista" when setting up the Virtual Machine and you
need to install the additions. You also should be using VPC 2007 SP1
if your not already.

<ronald.phillips@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8ad8db76-1672-4996-9790-fd0d2375928a@xxxxxx
On Jan 14, 5:48 am, "Melelina" <melel...@xxxxxx> wrote:If have to choose "Vista" when setting up the Virtual Machine and you
need to install the additions. You also should be using VPC 2007 SP1
if your not already.

I have the additions installed. You can't use virtual machines without
additions. It is awful experience. I am using VPC 2007.

I think I used "other" because Windows 7 is not Vista so "other" would be
the logical choice seemed to me. How can I tel what I used? I don't see
anywhere to check that would tell me. Ok. I ran the wizard for a new
machine and yeah, I think I checked Other and that mentions Sound Blaster
card. I had no idea there was a problem with that when I created the
machine.

So, is there any way to fix it now after the fact?

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:48:26 -1000, "Melelina" <melelina@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes,
do this:
1) In the VPC2007SP1 console create a new virtual machine (if you
don't yet have SP1 please upgrade).

2) Walk through the Wizard and select Vista as the operating system
you want to install (this creates a new machine with emulated hardware
better adapted for your Win7 install).

3) When it is time for the virtual hard disk, select to navigate to an
existing hard disk and then select the one you already used for the
previous guest. (Yes you can use the same VHD file for several virtual
machines, but that is not what you normally do.)

4) Now in the VPC2007 console remove the old virtual machine, this
will delete the shortcut but leave the files in place.

5) Go to the folder for the Win7 virtual machine and delete the vmc
file associated with the first installation.

6) Start the new guest, it will load Win7 as you previously installed
but now you also have the Vista style emulated hardware in your
virtual machine. :-)

Note: You could do steps 4-5 before all others if you like and you can
skip step 5 if you want to be able to return to the more limited guest
hardware you selected at first.

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Other than changing the amount of RAM and the size of the virtual hard disk,
what adaptations are you expecting the wizard to make to the emulated
hardware...?
What do you mean by "Vista style emulated hardware"...?


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news3mrm49b1m95k2scvcfpbq4a23k5mdaao3@xxxxxxSP1 is from last May right? I think I got VPC 2007 on the day it went to
SP1. I read some article on the net about it and got it. I didn't realize
it was free now until I read the article. I had looked at it several years
ago and also at VMWare Workstation and chose Workstation because both were
paid software then and Workstation had more options (snapshots in
particular).That is very cool.Too sleepy now, but will do this tomorrow. Thanks so much for the detailed
steps. They are very clear and that makes me feel confident in doin this.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:38:47 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<mark@xxxxxx> wrote:
Since the poster had selected "Other" instead of Vista as the type of
machine to create I simply outlined how to change the system around by
making a new VM with the Vista settings and using this with the
existing VHD file.

I imagine that there is other things going on behind the scenes when
one selects the type of operating system to build the guest for than
just the amount of RAM and this way is how to incorporate these
differences. But I know nothing about what the VPC2007 system actually
does with the emulated hardware platform based on the wizard setting.
If it does nothing, then why is there a selection in the first
place????
Anyone can adjust RAM and the RAM adjust page could simply have listed
recommended values for RAM based on operating system selection, which
would then be located on the RAM select page, which it isn't.

So it follows that there must be something else also involved.

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news02sm4l30sk7vkpl5qlp86bjpu8kjbh9mn@xxxxxx
AFAIK, there aren't...
It's a wizard - hand-holding for newbies...
AFAIK, there isn't...


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

"Melelina" wrote:
I have the same issue and tried the steps noted by Bo. I did this twice,
once on a virtual machine where I selected Vista and one where I selected
Other. In the Other case, it failed to detect any sound "hardware" at all.
In the Vista case, it detected sound hardware but says it can not find a
driver.

Either way, no sound at all without "hardware" being present or a driver for
"hardware" that *is* present.

So at least I am still stumped.