I have no sound..Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer

This isn't the first time this has happened and usually I just reboot the computer and the sound is back.
This time I went to device manager and found:
Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer
windows Cannot load the device driver. May be corrupted or missing. Code 39.
driver version 5.1.2535.0

yet when i open my creative sb live audio hq i can play and hear the piano in the programe so the sound card is ok? it was ok yesterday.

Thanks for any replies.

 

admin close thread please

the problem has been resolved by re-installing the xp home sp2

 

I'm having a similar problem as well, where my sound card mixer just stops working, but most of the annoying default windows sounds still work.

Only works when i reboot the PC, but since re-installing XP, had a couple more problems pop up, so i believe the only way fix everything, is to, again, start again!

 

i think you are right, i go even further and use a boot and nuke disc to completely wipe my hard drive clean.Then i re install xp home. but be carefull, my xp disc is stuggling to copy files(scratched maybe) and after the 3rd registration microsoft start asking questions.