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No mixer device win xp
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It will be greyed out if no sound card is installed or if the windows audio service is turned off, or if a group policy would prevent you from playing music. It will also be greyed out if the sound card is disabled in device manager or not installed properly.
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>It will be greyed out if no sound card is installed
Got 5 of them, installed each successfully, all working fine per device manager. So, wrong here.
>or if the windows audio service is turned off,
Nope, wrong here again. Turned on.
> or if a group policy would prevent you from playing music.
Explored this per this thread and all other searching about in control panel computermanagement. Perhaps, you have an exact formula to test.
Got 5 of them, installed each successfully, all working fine per device manager. So, wrong here.
>or if the windows audio service is turned off,
Nope, wrong here again. Turned on.
> or if a group policy would prevent you from playing music.
Explored this per this thread and all other searching about in control panel computermanagement. Perhaps, you have an exact formula to test.
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Originally Posted by knut
Hi all! I'm still struggling to get my sound device back into Windows, but still no results. Yesterday I uninstalled and reinstalled win xp sp2 and all the updates, as someone tipped me that it might help. Unfortunately it didn't. Maybe it would be an idea to try to physically remove the sound card from the motherboard? Anybody tried that?
Go to Start -Run - and type in [services.msc] Scroll down the standard list until you come to Windows Audio. Right click on Startup type. Properties .Change to automatic then apply. This worked for me but no certainty.
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Originally Posted by treware
Go to Start -Run - and type in [services.msc] Scroll down the standard list until you come to Windows Audio. Right click on Startup type. Properties .Change to automatic then apply. This worked for me but no certainty.
No luck. Other suggestions?
look on my post above. its not just the automatic thing, mine was automatic too. if you look downward it says something like Stopped. Mine was "stopped" so I clicked start and it worked.
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Originally Posted by Kurama52
look on my post above. its not just the automatic thing, mine was automatic too. if you look downward it says something like Stopped. Mine was "stopped" so I clicked start and it worked.
- Jim
OK we got it fixed. The plug and play software emulator had was missing.
Fixed by searching for machine.inf then copy to temp directory. remove
at about line 20 " ExcludeFromSelect=* "
goto control panel, add new hardware, next (let it seach), yes hardware
is connected, next, scroll to bottom, add new hardware device, next,
install from list, next, select system devices, next, select have disk,
point to amended copy of machine.inf in temp directory, scroll to "plug
and play software device emulator" in right hand column, next and
complete install.
Fixed by searching for machine.inf then copy to temp directory. remove
at about line 20 " ExcludeFromSelect=* "
goto control panel, add new hardware, next (let it seach), yes hardware
is connected, next, scroll to bottom, add new hardware device, next,
install from list, next, select system devices, next, select have disk,
point to amended copy of machine.inf in temp directory, scroll to "plug
and play software device emulator" in right hand column, next and
complete install.
None of the above worked for me, however i realised within msinfo32/components/sound device - that there were no devices appearing.
next, my computer properties/device manager/sound video and game controlers. all devices workin properly including my sound device SoundMAX intergrated digital Audio - right click update drivers and problem solved.
next, my computer properties/device manager/sound video and game controlers. all devices workin properly including my sound device SoundMAX intergrated digital Audio - right click update drivers and problem solved.
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Originally Posted by chrisbliss18 
Here are a couple possible solutions.
Click "Start", click "Run...", type "msconfig", and click "OK". Click the "Services" tab, find "Windows Audio" in the list, put a checkmark next to "Windows Audio", click "Apply", click "OK", and restart your system.
••••If that doesn't work, try the following.
- Click "Start"
- Select "Control Panel"
- Select "Add Hardware"
- Click "Next"
- Select "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" and click "Next"
- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, select "Add a new hardware device", and click "Next"
- Select "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)" and click "Next"
- Select "Sound, video and game controllers" and click "Next"
- Select "(Standard system devices)" under "Manufacturer", select "Media Control Devices" under "Model", and click "Next"
- Follow the remaining prompts
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