No sound in Windows Vista HELP NEEDED!!!

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strangerd

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I have a Vista Business 32bit OS and am hving trouble solving the famous 'no-sound' mystery.
I tried the simplest way of solving it:

1. Downloaded the Realtek AC'97 driver (as guided by some other forum: No sound with Windows Vista)

2. Tried installing by running up 'setup.exe'.

3. All was well till Vista came up with this message:
'Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software' and had two options:-
-> Don't install this driver software
-> install this driver anyway

I tried using the 2nd option - nothing happened and the same message popped up.
The 1st option obviously quit the installation process.

What do I do? Can anyone please help me on this?? It is frustrating to have a computer without sound and nothing to be done about it..

Thanks!
 

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right click on the program and run as administrator see if that works
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
what is the specs of your machine.. first go on hardware/ devices - see if there is any yellow thingy beside the sound.. if not check if the sound is not set on mute.. by double clicking on the sound icon in your below tool bar..

If nothg happen... uninstall the sound driver completly restart the machine and reinstall the newer.. compatible version of the sound driver..(are you on vista sp2?)
Did the sound stopped by itself?
 

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Not to be too simple, but run system restore and see if it works.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway NV52
    CPU
    2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    Unknown
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (259 MB)
    Sound Card
    HD Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366 by 768
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A3 SCSI Disk Device
    Cooling
    Multiple Fans
    Keyboard
    Gateway Laptop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Broadband
does the sound icon have a red cross on it ????

if so i recommend you go to intel and search your computer model and operating system
then download the audio file from there .
it worked for me .
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hawlett-packard/ HP Pavilion dv6000
    Graphics Card(s)
    mobile intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant High Defintion
try click at the bottom its called Volume left click it, and click Open Volume Mixer see if there is something mute then click the Volume Icon to sound or unmute if that is not short it out you possibly have problem with your speaker or your device :D good luck and astalaVista
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite M300
    CPU
    Intel core 2Duo
    Memory
    2.00GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
    Sound Card
    Conexant High Definition SmartAudio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Case
    silk
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptic PS/2 port touchpad
my volume mixer shows that there is no driver installed.i uninstalled the driver and rebooted for many times but still same problem.Also in the recording side one of the part "stereo mix" is disable, i tried a lot to enable this but nothing happened.i am very disappointed.
Can someone pls give me advise to resolve the problem.
Thanks
Saif
 

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Please go to start type Device Manager, expand the sound,video and game controllers (+) Take a capture with snipping tool and let us see what you have there. To upload it you click the paperclip, browse to your snip,click the upload button and when it's done close the box.
Next time please start your own thread as I thought I was still dealing with Strangerd the OP
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
strangerd said:
I have a Vista Business 32bit OS and am hving trouble solving the famous 'no-sound' mystery.
I tried the simplest way of solving it:

1. Downloaded the Realtek AC'97 driver (as guided by some other forum: No sound with Windows Vista)

2. Tried installing by running up 'setup.exe'.

3. All was well till Vista came up with this message:
'Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software' and had two options:-
-> Don't install this driver software
-> install this driver anyway

I tried using the 2nd option - nothing happened and the same message popped up.
The 1st option obviously quit the installation process.

What do I do? Can anyone please help me on this?? It is frustrating to have a computer without sound and nothing to be done about it..

Thanks!
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Did you download the driver from a link on this site?
The last driver from Realtek I had needed to be run twice.
The first time it uninstalled the old and asked for a reboot.
Once the computer had finished starting I ran it again and did the install with another reboot after.
http://www.vistax64.com/sound-audio/64250-latest-realtek-hd-audio-driver-version.html
Get it here and get the highlighted one
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
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