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i have recently upgraded to vista and found out that i have no sound. the driver (vista version) for my on board sound card seems fine but when i try to play a song on windows Media Player, i get a msg of "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help." and i also get a "Failed to play test tone" msg when i try to test my speakers. i thought it was because of vista dosent support my crappy on board sound card so i got a new one.
i have just installed a Creative Audigy SE and have downloaded the driver for windows vista. again, in device manager, everything seems fine, the driver is fine, the device is working. but i still get the "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help." when i try to play a song, as well as the "failed to play test tone" msg when i click on the Test button. please help me, i am tired of using a computer with no sound.
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This forum probably isn't going to be so helpful with the no-sound issues. My usual suggestions are to fiddle with drivers and so forth, but I think you're way beyond that. You might want to try the pro audio forum (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=351&SiteID=1), even though that technically isn't the right place for audio support issues either...
the solution is at the end of this thread:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2155198&SiteID=1
basically, vista is...
| Lurmis wrote: | ||||
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| I was having the same issue. I tried the above solution, and that didn't work either. I searched all over the place for an answer. I was about ready to give up when I stumbled across a thread that said to delete<br> a registry key to fix the issue. I'm usually pretty hesitant to screw around in the registry, but my next option was a restore to my previous backup. (Ugh!) So I tried it. It worked for me! I am happily jammin' to my tunes! If all else fails, try this. <br> Delete this key from your registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\DefaultAccessPermission<br><br><br> <br><br><br>Let me know how this works for you. If it helps, spread the word. A lot of people are experiancing this problem.<br><br><br> <br><br><br>Lurmis | <br> | --- |
Yeah, that solution doesn't work for me now. I've tried what you suggested and I find no "DefaultAccessPermission" file, I see a "DefaultLaunchPermission", but that's it.
I'm about to reinstall drivers now to see if that works.. but someone please help me ._.;;
I was having the same issue. I tried the above solution, and that didn't work either. I searched all over the place for an answer. I was about ready to give up when I stumbled across a thread that said to delete a registry key to fix the issue. I'm usually pretty hesitant to screw around in the registry, but my next option was a restore to my previous backup. (Ugh!) So I tried it. It worked for me! I am happily jammin' to my tunes! If all else fails, try this. Delete this key from your registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\DefaultAccessPermission
Let me know how this works for you. If it helps, spread the word. A lot of people are experiancing this problem.
Lurmis
| garyd11 wrote: | ||||
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| I had the exact same problem and here is the fix. You're not going to believe it!<br><br><br> <br><br><br>1 Go to control panel<br><br><br>2. Double-Click on the Sound Icon<br><br><br>3. Single-click the Speakers to highlight them<br><br><br>4. Click on Properties (bottom right corner)<br><br><br>5. Go to the Enhancements Tab and Click on it<br><br><br>6. Now click "Disable All Sound Effects"<br><br><br>7. Click OK and you should be good to go!<br><br><br> <br><br><br>Good luck! | <br> | --- |
I had to join this forum just to thank this guy, because this solution actually works. I have no idea how you figured it out, but you are amazing! Thank you so much *____*;;
