re: Question about 'Volume Control:There are no active mixer devices available
Sunday, September 17, 2006 at 6:26 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ChrisB
(1 messages posted)
Thanks so much--have been looking for a quick or permanent fix for this since reinstalling
XP a few weeks ago. I notice that this works too for a while after the restart: start
> Run > "msconfig" > Services > uncheck "Windows Audio" > Enable All > OK > Restart.
If anyone knows a permanent solution (rather than has an educated guess about one--there
are plenty of them posted around the Web already!) , it'd be great if they could
post it. Many thanks!
On Monday, September 11, 2006 at 7:31 am, Toby Anderson wrote:
>I do not know a permanent fix at this time; however, I know how to quickly fix it
>without restarting. I have a Create SB Audigy 2 ZS soundcard. Whenever I start
>getting error that "There are no active mixer devices available", here is what I
>do...
>
>I go to Device Manager, right-click on the "Creative Game Port" device and uninstall
>it. Then, I right-click on "Sound, video and game controllers" and select "Scan
>for hardware changes".
>
>That will get the sound running until the next reboot or so. I wish I knew how
to
>permanently fix it.
>
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