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Windows Vista Non-Windows Apps lost sound after SP2

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by axel, 2009/06/12.

  1. 2009/06/12
    axel

    axel Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hi All,
    windows updated me to SP2 a couple of days ago. Everything went well except I noticed that any of my non-windows applications are missing their sounds.
    All windows apps are o.k., so are cd's and DVD's.
    Anyone out there who might know the answer?
    Thanks for your help.
    Axel
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi axel. The first thing I would try would be to update your sound drivers to the latest version. What kinds of non-windows applications get no sound? Games, programs, etc?
     
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    axel

    axel Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hi Evan Omo,
    unless SP2 overwrites existing drivers I think there is no need for an update, as all sounds worked perfectly well before the SP2 installation.
    Programs are Quicken, Card Games, Games etc.
    Cheers Axel
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    I have heard that other people have had problems with their sound not working after updating to SP2. I would at least check to see if there is an update available. It wouldn't hurt. Also take a look in device manager. Click Start and type device manager in the search box and then click on device manager. Are there any yellow exclamation marks next to any devices?
     
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    axel

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    Hi Evan Omo,
    no yellow exclamation marks. According to your earlier advice I checked the drivers by looking at the event viewer. You were right. SP2 does change drivers of non-microsoft apps back to microsoft generic drivers. I must say I find this rather intrusive and disturbing. Why can't Microsoft leave things alone when they are in perfect order. I am thinking about switching off the automatic update facility.
    Anyway, thanks very much for your kind help. Problem is solved.
    Cheers Axel
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Great. I do agree with you that there are certain things that I don't agree with which Microsoft does. It does make me wonder why Microsoft wants to change everything all the time even though things have been running fine. I actually switched back to XP because when I had Vista it was to much of a resource hog and it wasn't as stable as XP. Anyway I'm happy to hear that you were able to get your problem resolved. :)
     
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