re: Please Help!! Friday, October 21, 2005 at 11:41 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mike (323 messages posted) Hi Lara I have a possible Fix for this send me mail ,reply and I send you the right files you need to fix it.or you can read up on it here. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1099455688 Cheers Mike On Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 9:11 am, Lara wrote: >I think I accidently deleted my sound device when trying to clean up my computer >in control panel. Since then whenever I try and play a song in Media player it says: > >Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound >device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be >in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly. > >I have since been to control panel and clicked on 'sound & audio devices' it simply >says i don't have an audio device. I got downloaded 'mutimedia audio controller' >from the dell website and when I try and install it, it says: > >'The hardware was not installed because wizard can not find the necessary software' > >I'm so lost! I have no CD for it, but if thats what I need I have access to them. >I have XP as well. Please help! Written in response to: Please Help!! (Lara: Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 9:11 am) Responses to this message: re: Please Help!! (tam: Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 3:50 am) All messages in this thread [show all] sound device error (tonyb: Fri, Oct 17, 2003, 2:50 pm) re: sound device error (Mike: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 10:04 am) re: sound device error (Gwee Lin Lin: Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 2:52 am) re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Sat, Dec 6, 2003, 3:31 pm) re: sound device error (tushar: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 4:24 am) re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 2:59 pm) re: sound device error (don: Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 12:50 am) re: sound device error (Lauren: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 5:22 am) re: sound device error (BDKoster: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 7:17 pm) re: sound device error (mindy: Sun, Feb 19, 2006, 4:59 pm) re: sound device error (Quinn: Wed, Mar 15, 2006, 5:17 pm) re: sound device error (Wade smith: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 9:10 am) re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (RichieP: Sat, Mar 25, 2006, 11:15 am) re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (steven: Mon, Apr 17, 2006, 5:28 am) re: sound device error (Gigaman: Sat, May 29, 2004, 1:09 am) re: sound device error (ABC123: Sat, Jun 5, 2004, 12:15 am) re: sound device error (Andrew: Sun, Jun 13, 2004, 10:58 pm) re: sound device error (pitshing: Wed, Jun 16, 2004, 8:04 pm) re: sound device error (Jonathan: Tue, Jun 22, 2004, 12:20 pm) re: sound device error (Knowenough2bdangerous: Mon, Jun 28, 2004, 9:13 am) re: sound device error (Aaron: Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 12:18 am) re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 6:27 am) re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 7:11 am) re: sound device error (mrbisco: Sun, Nov 28, 2004, 8:33 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:34 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS TOO (blausand: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 3:23 pm) wow it works (Wascomat: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:24 pm) re: wow it works (Ben: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 7:12 am) re: wow it works (Michael: Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 2:41 am) re: wow it works (James Saklas: Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 5:51 pm) re: wow it works (Steve: Sat, Dec 23, 2006, 12:53 pm) re: sound device error -- But my enumerator is present??? (Bill: Sat, Dec 11, 2004, 10:26 am) re: sound device error -- But my enumerator is present??? (Tony Marques: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 2:17 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Dave Segal: Sun, Dec 12, 2004, 10:15 pm) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 2:21 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Dave Segal: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 10:12 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (leigh: Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 7:14 pm) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (daks001: Fri, Dec 31, 2004, 12:23 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Reflex: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 5:38 pm) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (ThanksMan: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 10:38 pm) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (HunTOR: Thu, Feb 10, 2005, 7:51 pm) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Carleton: Tue, Apr 5, 2005, 5:09 pm) re: sound device error (Mike Ledingham: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 11:27 pm) re: sound device error (Shahmir Noorani: Sat, May 28, 2005, 8:20 pm) re: sound device error (Mark Brown: Thu, Aug 10, 2006, 10:24 am) re: sound device error (ML: Sat, Dec 1, 2007, 1:50 pm) re: sound device error (Cyris: Fri, Dec 25, 2009, 3:58 pm) re: sound device error (dreidrei: Wed, Dec 30, 2009, 12:11 am) re: sound device error (Adam Bradley: Wed, Dec 30, 2009, 12:25 am) It works!!! (osnat: Fri, Dec 12, 2003, 1:27 pm) re: It works!!! (Gwee Lin Lin: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 3:40 am) Still no luck... (qwik: Sun, Dec 14, 2003, 6:39 pm) re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 12:22 am) re: Still no luck... (qwik: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 7:26 pm) re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 6:27 am) re: It works!!! (AphexTwin: Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 2:21 pm) re: It works!!! (Ucho: Mon, Dec 18, 2006, 9:00 am) re: It works!!! (Mac: Wed, Dec 20, 2006, 10:27 pm) re: It works!!! (Andy Yelland: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 1:31 pm) re: It works!!! (rob.j: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 11:53 am) re: It works!!! (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 3:01 pm) re: It works!!! (charles Parisod: Fri, Jan 9, 2004, 10:45 pm) hm (ryan: Sat, Jan 24, 2004, 5:59 am) re: hm (n1yso: Fri, Mar 19, 2004, 11:15 pm) re: hm (jozzer: Sun, Mar 28, 2004, 11:17 am) Thanks!!!! ;-) (Steve: Fri, Apr 23, 2004, 8:47 am) re: It works!!! (kevin: Mon, Feb 16, 2004, 3:53 pm) re: It works!!! (Plex Pro: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 11:03 am) re: It works!!! (José Palma: Sat, Aug 21, 2004, 7:01 am) re: It works!!! (Z_sta: Thu, Aug 26, 2004, 10:51 pm) re: It works!!! (Max Albanese: Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 10:04 am) re: It works!!! (Jouni Lappalainen: Sun, Oct 24, 2004, 1:54 pm) re: It works!!! (Steve Murrell: Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 3:24 pm) re: It works!!! (titusone: Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 9:56 am) re: It works!!! (titusone: Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 10:24 am) re: It works!!! (tondi: Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 6:12 am) re: It works!!! (Fernando Bernardes: Sun, Mar 5, 2006, 8:22 pm) re: It works!!! (Palmer taskerud: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 8:58 am) sound card (romela: Sat, Apr 22, 2006, 4:20 am) re: sound card (hiram: Wed, May 10, 2006, 10:34 am) re: sound card (Gem: Tue, May 23, 2006, 3:24 am) re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (Boyo Rolo: Sat, Sep 2, 2006, 8:55 pm) re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (latzo: Tue, Sep 19, 2006, 8:56 pm) re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (Ego!: Tue, Oct 3, 2006, 2:06 pm) re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (Eugene: Sun, Oct 8, 2006, 8:04 am) re: reinstallation (zaengi: Wed, Oct 11, 2006, 12:03 am) Done it all and still quiet... (PlackSlayer: Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 6:48 pm) re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (boddingtonthedog: Wed, Feb 28, 2007, 4:54 pm) no plug and play enumerator in my list (sapgreen: Thu, Aug 5, 2010, 11:16 am) re: It works!!! (Joe: Thu, Feb 3, 2011, 2:04 am) re: It works!!! (Donald Lugo: Thu, Jul 13, 2006, 2:53 pm) Really, really DOES work!!! :-) (Sharon: Mon, Jul 24, 2006, 1:27 pm) re: sound device error (Van: Wed, Feb 4, 2004, 7:55 am) re: sound device error (blublu: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 4:55 am) re: sound device error (keklin: Mon, Mar 1, 2004, 5:37 am) re: sound device error (Online: Tue, Mar 16, 2004, 3:46 am) re: sound device error (jozzer: Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 12:05 pm) re: sound device error (Todd: Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 9:30 pm) re: sound device error (Bill: Sun, Nov 28, 2004, 4:28 pm) re: sound device error (Michelle Y: Sun, Feb 27, 2005, 5:52 am) re: sound device error (Jon: Sat, Mar 19, 2005, 4:31 am) re: sound device error (jan: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 5:38 pm) re: sound device error (Tony: Sat, Sep 2, 2006, 8:54 pm) re: sound device error (randy: Sun, Dec 16, 2007, 9:24 pm) re: sound device error (adam: Sun, Jan 6, 2008, 10:31 am) re: sound device error (Vannessa: Fri, Feb 1, 2008, 9:53 pm) re: sound device error (mike: Wed, Oct 20, 2004, 7:49 am) re: sound device error (Modi: Wed, Jul 6, 2005, 12:08 pm) [OT] Who solves the hard ones... (blausand: Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 8:21 pm) re: sound device error (Ina Maia: Mon, Dec 20, 2004, 6:55 am) re: sound device error (GT-Force: Tue, Dec 28, 2004, 9:33 am) re: sound device error (dennis: Mon, Jan 29, 2007, 11:38 am) re: sound device error (Paul: Tue, Feb 1, 2005, 11:08 am) re: sound device error (michael: Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 10:33 am) re: sound device error (web: Sun, Feb 13, 2005, 12:00 pm) re: sound device error (Ven: Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 6:02 am) re: sound device error (ryan: Mon, May 2, 2005, 9:16 pm) re: sound device error (loza: Fri, May 20, 2005, 4:04 am) re: sound device error (Marian: Sat, Sep 3, 2005, 7:39 pm) re: sound device error (lilxandy: Mon, Sep 5, 2005, 9:31 am) re: sound device error (Marian: Fri, Sep 9, 2005, 1:30 pm) re: sound device error (Alex: Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 3:42 am) re: sound device error (daneil: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 5:25 am) re: sound device error (Marian: Mon, Jan 9, 2006, 3:42 pm) re: sound device error (MOW: Mon, Jan 16, 2006, 8:51 am) re: sound device error (Lou: Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 9:20 pm) re: sound device error (John Thomas: Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 6:39 pm) re: sound device error (tom: Tue, Jun 6, 2006, 7:41 pm) re: sound device error (Heinz: Mon, Aug 14, 2006, 4:48 am) re: sound device error (Niciphoros: Sun, Feb 11, 2007, 10:12 am) re: sound device error (jwm: Tue, Mar 6, 2007, 4:54 am) re: sound device error (aaron: Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 1:58 pm) re: sound device error (jwm: Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 4:11 am) re: sound device error (Thomas: Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 11:06 pm) re: sound device error (Jeffie Jeff: Thu, Apr 26, 2007, 11:19 pm) re: sound device error (Steve W: Wed, May 2, 2007, 5:54 am) re: sound device error (JD: Fri, May 4, 2007, 8:25 am) re: sound device error (kmfsm: Fri, Sep 7, 2007, 12:49 pm) re: sound device error (makisig101: Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 2:25 pm) re: sound device error (daniel: Sat, Mar 21, 2009, 2:10 pm) re: sound device error (Bob Clark: Wed, Jul 11, 2007, 10:26 am) re: sound device error (will: Fri, Sep 9, 2005, 11:30 pm) Please Help!! (Lara: Thu, Oct 6, 2005, 9:11 am) re: Please Help!! (Mike: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 11:41 am) re: Please Help!! (tam: Thu, Feb 3, 2011, 3:50 am) re: sound device error (dadadada: Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 3:05 am) re: sound device error (Roger: Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 6:11 am) re: sound device error (trent: Mon, Feb 27, 2006, 8:08 pm) re: sound device error (berde: Sat, Sep 18, 2004, 11:38 am) re: sound device error (nathan: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 5:57 pm) re: sound device error (Paul: Sat, Jan 15, 2005, 7:56 pm) re: sound device error (King: Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 4:55 am) re: sound device error (King: Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 5:44 am) re: sound device error (Tong Narak: Sat, Jan 22, 2005, 7:07 am) re: sound device error (X: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 9:33 am) re: sound device error (King: Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 3:33 pm) re: sound device error (mstbone67a: Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 7:33 pm) re: sound device error (thekman82: Tue, Feb 15, 2005, 2:45 am) re: sound device error (Andy B: Fri, Feb 18, 2005, 11:00 am) Nvidia Nforce Audio (irresson: Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:12 am) re: sound device error (Joe: Sat, Mar 26, 2005, 4:45 pm) re: sound device error (JeremyI: Fri, Feb 23, 2007, 8:46 am) re: sound device error (Agron: Wed, May 23, 2007, 1:43 am) re: sound device error (fahn: Sat, May 26, 2007, 4:10 pm) re: sound device error (Andrea Carr: Fri, Jun 1, 2007, 4:26 pm) re: sound device error (Dave Krieg: Sat, Sep 8, 2007, 11:43 am) same problem, half fixed...:-| (pavilion5300: Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 1:42 pm) re: same problem, half fixed...:-| (Dave Krieg: Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 3:35 pm) re: sound device error (Mutton: Sat, Mar 1, 2008, 11:39 am) re: sound device error (OrigamiUK: Wed, May 21, 2008, 4:21 am) you are the KING!! (pradeep: Tue, Aug 25, 2009, 2:20 pm) re: sound device error (MikeInFL: Sat, May 29, 2010, 11:48 am) re: sound device error (Heather: Tue, Jul 26, 2005, 9:30 pm) re: sound device error (Todd Hutsell: Fri, Sep 2, 2005, 11:00 am) re: sound device error (Neroon: Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 12:20 pm) re: sound device error (Yvonne: Sun, Apr 24, 2005, 4:02 pm) re: sound device error (Will: Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 5:56 am) re: sound device error (Zachary D Hughes: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 8:17 pm) Antique threads, why keep on recycling so long? (Kiwi: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 9:32 pm) re: sound device error (Sarah: Thu, Jul 27, 2006, 11:19 am) re: sound device error (Rich Kurtz: Thu, Jul 27, 2006, 12:04 pm) re: sound device error (Jeff Furr: Wed, Aug 1, 2007, 11:08 am) re: sound device error (Rich Kurtz: Wed, Aug 1, 2007, 11:29 am) suggestion: Use a detailed subject - Cleanup forum (phil: Wed, Oct 24, 2007, 10:40 am) re: suggestion: Use a detailed subject - Cleanup forum (RB: Fri, Nov 30, 2007, 3:02 pm) re: sound device error (Annie Van Horne: Sun, Jan 13, 2008, 2:00 pm) re: sound device error (E. 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