re: Windows reports ''no audio device''
Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 7:51 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by swifty1961
(2 messages posted)
John,
Hi there, sorry you're having problems! What I finally did was just reinstall XP
and didn't load my ATI radeon drivers and the sound came back just fine.
I do remember (I beleive) that I did a "windows update
" which got the sound out of whack again. So this time I reinstalled XP and now I
only install updates that are NECESSARY!.
Sounds like you've tried to reinstall XP, sorry you didn't have any luck. This is
obviously a problem with XP, it's amazing how little you can find on it. You would
think Microsoft would know what's going on!
Anyway, if you ever do get it figured out please let me know (in case it screws up
for me again!)
Take care,
On Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 7:17 pm, John Mangione wrote:
>I, too, have been having the same problem: No sound. When I attempt to configure
>any sound settings in Control Panel, I see many greyed out boxes that state "no
audio
>devices installed", even though the drivers have been installed, and investigations
>into device manager claim that "device is working properly".
>I know the sound card was working fine at one point, and then it stopped. I know
>it's not the sound card, but, to be certain, I took out the creative labs sound
card
>and installed a Philips sound card, AND IT DID THE SAME THING! I have unistalled
>and reinstalled the software countless times. It's as though some other process
has
>claimed use of the device. Could this be a new form of virus?
>Microsoft's troubleshooters seem to bring me back to dead ends, with the most recent
>trial complaining about signed drivers. I went to the Philips web site and they
told
>me to ignore those messages.
>
>I came to this site and have taken the following advice before posting this latest
>addendum to my message.
>
>I downloaded and ran Norton's AntiVirus program, which found 8 files corrupted with
>the Benjamin virus, that was snuck inside a downloaded copy of Grand Theft Auto.
>Norton's AV deleted those files, but the problem persisted. Then I reinstalled the
>XP os from cd. The good news is that it did not remove the users, or their settings,
>during the process. The bad news is that the problem still persists.
>
>I am beginning to believe that this could be a new form of virus that insinuates
>itself in the registry in such a way as to disable the sound card. The most unique
>set of symptoms that sets this virus apart from others is that Device Manager reports
>that "the device is working properly", and, yet, when I go into Control Panel and
>look at the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" dialogue box, on the main screen
>it states that "No audio Device" is installed, and all other fields on that screen,
>and others, is greyed out.
>
>I have again reinstalled XP, installed SP1, downloaded latest patches, with no results.
>
>Noto bene: This is not a hardware problem! As others have done, I have replaced
the
>sound card entirely with a brand new sound card, with new drivers, but with no success.
>The problems seem to start after a virus has attacked the system and, even after
>the successful removal of the virus, the audio devices no longer work. As you read
>these posts, also note the similarities of many of these problems that others are
>reporting. Coincidence? I think not. I am still stymied, though, and would welcome
>any help in this regard.
>
>Please feel free to e-mail me at jmangione@knowledgewave.com, as well as post a
reply,
>if you think you know what's wrong.
>
>
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