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Audio Driver has 'Location: Unknown' and isn't working even though windows xp says it functions fine

I have a dell latitude d830 with windows XP professional. I'm using the built-in speakers. It's definitely not a hardware problem as when I switch my HDDs and boot into Windows 7 the audio works fine. ...
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On Windows XP how can I connect Bluetooth speaker?

I have a JBL Flip 3, a PC with Windows XP SP3 and USB Bluetooth adapter (something like that). I can add the speaker to the device list, but I can't connect to it. How can I do it? Thanks for all the ...
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Get Windows XP Sound Recorder on Windows 10

Years ago, I used to make easy musical recordings with Sound Recorder because I could record a track, and play it in the background with another window of Sound Recorder open, and then make a track ...
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Cannot hear myself through headphones

I cannot hear my mic in my headphones in Windows XP. The mic works fine and I can communicate with people using VOIP, but I cannot hear myself in the headphones, which is a problem because they are ...
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Sound Issue - Upgraded to Virtualbox 5 -Linux Host -Windows XP guest

Since I upgraded to Virtualbox 5 the mute/volume in the Windows XP client has no effect. If I want to mute something that is running in the virtual machine I have to mute my Linux Mint host. This is ...
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There is no sound for Lenovo 3000 N100 after installing any driver on Windows XP

Is there a way to fix that problem? Through the network there is a lot of forums with this question, but any answer was not satisfied. It still doesn't work
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RealTek sound card driver not working with Windows XP SP2

I’m running Windows XP SP2 and it has no sound. No it’s not on mute. I have recently got a new hard drive and had sound working fine. I have tried to install the driver for the sound card (three times)...
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How do I get CTL 220UW Built-in Speakers to work on Windows XP?

I have a old Windows XP Computer that I just put a New Monitor onto. My Mom had to use my speakers. So now I have NO audio output whatsoever. I know the monitor has built-in speakers, But I can't ...
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What is hot key to toggle appearance/disappearance of audio volume display in T60?

Somehow I pressed a key combination on my Lenovo T60, XP and the large volume indicator sprang into my view in the lower center of the screen and now remains there instead of hiding except when used. ...
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How can I improve the performance of my audio software?

I am running OtsAV on Windows XP. The way it works is by buffering a small amount of data from the hard drive just before it needs to play it. It used to give flawless sound no matter what else was ...
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Windows XP 64-bit Conexant Pebble HD Audio Driver

I have installed Windows XP 64-bit on my HP Pavilion G60T-500 CTO notebook PC and along with installing a non-factory OS came the struggle of finding drivers. My audio device is a Conexant Pebble HD ...
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C:\System Volume Information\_restore{6E3D25DD-2E98-4D88-BAA4-DA84E0DB2D6D}\RP126

After running disk space analyser , I found a large folder on C labeled :C:\System Volume Information_restore{6E3D25DD-2E98-4D88-BAA4-DA84E0DB2D6D}\RP126 . and it occupy a big space on the partition . ...
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How do you switch between HDMI sound and analogue sound in XP?

I have dual monitors on an XP SP2 system: one connected to the VGA port, the other on the HDMI port. Normally analogue sound is chosen but I can fiddle with the device drivers to get sound on the HDMI ...
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PI945GZD audio not working

I have an old Mercury MOBO PI945GZD. The problem is that windows XP does not detect the built-in audio device though linux detects it well and has no problems. Any help would be appreciated.
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How do I stop the + and - keys from adjusting volume?

My computer had a problem and we took only the system unit in to have it fixed. Ever since I got it back my + and - keys control the volume of the speakers of my monitor. I do not want it to do that. ...
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New Laptop Win XP Audio driver and alternatives

I'm looking for an alternative on how to make audio work on a laptop with XP that probably has no audio driver available: I installed Win XP on a new Packard Bell Easy Note TE11BZ laptop for a ...
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BSOD When Running Most Programs That Have The Option of a Microphone

The problem is that whenever I open a program that involves something with a microphone, my computer blue screens, with the file causing the trouble being sfng32.sys. I have looked up this problem ...
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Need a video format that will play on Windows XP/7 out of the box

I am distributing an exe file that contains a video that needs to be able to be played on Windows XP & Windows 7 without ANY other software or codecs installed. This includes Windows Media Player, ...
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Cannot install sound and display driver without Windows xp service pack 3

I have already installed Windows XP Service Pack 3 and downloaded the sound and display driver from the manufacturer website but when I try and install it, I get an error message that it was not ...
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Sound plays on Windows XP but not on windows 7

I wrote a program in Turbo Basic in 1993 that uses the PLAY command. It works fine opening a DOS window in Windows XP and playing the different pitched PC beeps. However in Windows 7, although the DOS ...
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Splitting sound inputs between left and right channels in windows 7

is there any way of assigning specific line-in feeds to one side of a speaker system, using freeware/opensource software? I have, 3 computers, A and B have output from their headphone sockets to each ...
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Any difference between green line-out connection on back and front of PC?

On my Windows XP PC, there is a green line-out connection for jacks at both the back and the front. Is there any technical difference between both of these, or are the both effectively the same and ...
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Redirect audio from laptop to desktop over LAN

I want to be able to play a song on my laptop and have it sound through my desktop's (infinitely better) speakers. If you're familiar with Input Director: I want something that is to audio what Input ...
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MacOS host microphone not working on WindowsXP guest VirtualBox

I need my guest Windows XP to work with the host MacOS's microphone. It all seems to be configured properly, but no audio is captured by XP. Why is that? System Configuration: Host: MacOS 10.7.4 ...
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How to prevent sound being sporadically choppy when playing Amiga games on WinUAE?

I find that when playing Amiga games in WinUAE, the sound goes choppy for no apparent reason. Sometimes this happens right away when starting emulation, other times sound is fine for a while then ...
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Sound stutters in Chrome. How do I revert to a previous version of Flash?

The sound has started to stutter on last.fm, Grooveshark, and Youtube. How do I revert to an old version of Flash? I tried downloading one of these files, but they were only for Linux: http://helpx....
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Soundtest works, but no other sounds and windows starts very slowly

So suddenly all sounds on my computer stopped working expect the sound test works, but when I go to control panel and audio it says there's no audio device. And audio players and audio on website ...
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In windows XP I need a free program to take two audio channels and export them as one for video streaming. Any ideas? [closed]

I'm basically going to be streaming what comes through the TV through a pinnacle capture card, what comes from skype, and then what comes from my microphone and I need these three audio tracks to be ...
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mic controlling all sound | can't use audio without mic on (feedback)

Internal mic on thinkpad x201 (XP) has screeching feedback. When the mic is turned mute (no way to totally disable), the result: nothing at all can be heard even though other features are not muted....
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Extended Firefox use causes my sound to cut out

I have Dell PC, and I use Windows XP. After using Firefox for extended periods, my audio starts cutting out, as though someone is pressing play and pause continuously, and the mouse pointer lags. ...
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How I can prevent my headset's microphone from picking up an echo?

For working remotely, I recently bought a Logitech H390 so that I can communicate with my coworkers remotely from my WinXP machine using software integrated with our company's phone system. ...
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Windows XP: No audio, no master volume available or disabled, device and driver shows okay

I have here a Windows XP Prof machine (asus laptop A2D) with a onboard soundcard (Realtek AC97) that was working previously OK. On some moment the soundcard does not produces any sound and the most ...
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How do I lower the hardware volume? (volume too high)

I have a 4yo Dell laptop with Windows XP Pro (modern ones unfortunately don't have a physical volume knob), and lately I'm using my Apple earphones, because they have much better low frequency ...
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Does sound come out of both audio ports?

My computer has two headphone jacks, and I haven't been able to listen to both of them at the same time. Do both of them output the same sound?
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Audio starts to periodically skip

My audio starts to periodically skip. Sometimes it starts after one day, sometimes after a few days. When it skips, the audio, and the application playing it (Winamp, YouTube, MPlayer, etc), hangs for ...
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How to get audio output

I upgraded my laptop's processor and motherboard, but didn't check completely if it's working or not, because I was using another laptop. Now when I checked it, there was no audio output from it. I've ...
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Why is my Windows XP not allowing me to turn on sounds? [closed]

This started to happen few weeks ago: Every time I start up Windows, the global sound volume is set to muted. I was able to just click the muted button to un-muted and that was fine, until now: Now I ...
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How to fix Windows XP from muting sounds on every startup?

This started to happen few days ago: Every time I start up my computer, the global sound volume ("Playback") is set to muted (from the checkbox), in the sound control panel. So I have to open the ...
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How to track down the source of strange funny noise in Windows XP?

I have very strange issue of hearing a "froggy" sound from my Lenovo laptop built-in speakers on Windows XP every 20 to 30 seconds. If I turn down the volume, the sound is gone. Obviously, there is ...
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System sounds work and others don't

I have a problem where system sounds work (If I type a non-existant application/file into run, I hear a error sound) and when I test the sound with the Realtek HD Audio Manager, it also works, however ...
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No sound in any media player

No media player has any sound. If I try to play any video file there is only video, and no sound. This happens with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic. I have K Lite Codec Pack version 8 ...
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Where can I find audio drivers for a Dell Dimension 3100?

I have an older Dell Dimension 3100, and when I put the service tag into Dell's site, it tells me that there are no drivers available for it. Searching the Dell support site produces similar results. ...
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Can't change volume in Windows Messenger

Recently in Windows Live Messenger, I can no longer change the volume during a voice/webcam call. The volume for both me and my other party are set to off (not muted), and cannot be moved. Other ...
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Virtual audio driver for Windows? [closed]

Is there any (possibly free or open-source) virtual WDM audio driver for Windows, with additional processing plugins, which would add one more layer between windows applications and actual sound card'...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?

Occasionally, I find Youtube videos that have only one audio channel (only left or only right); example video (left channel only). This is quite annoying, especially with headphones on, as I hear ...
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How can I use headphones and speakers at the same time with no front audio port? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get headphones and speakers working at the same time? I want to use speakers and headphones at the same time to output sound, even if I have to change some setting to ...
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Can't hear sound in Windows XP VM, running in Fedora VMware

I use Fedora 15 and VMware 8.0. In VMware, I have a Windows XP virtual machine. When I play sound in my VMware virtual Windows XP machine, I can't hear it. So in Fedora, I verified the PulseAudio ...
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Sound error on windows XP

I have a Acer Aspire One Happy2 Netbook and I am facing two problems when using Windows XP. When I boot to Windows XP SP3 Pro, I don't hear anything from my netbook after resuming from stand by or ...
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No playback devices on Windows XP

I don't see any playback devices in Windows XP. I've done my research on it but still no luck. I have seen and tried this solution: Click on Start and Run Type the following command and ...
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MP3 Program for bedtime mp3 player reading?

Is there any mp3 player which can be set to play a certain playlist of mp3s, and when the playlist ends, it turns the computer off? That way it could be used to play something while I sleep, and I ...
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