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Re: "There are no active mixer devices..."

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Originally Posted by jbennet

By the way if anyone has dell and wonderes why they have no sound after installing/upgrading thier os its because dell uses Sigmatel HD sound in most of its dimensions which is a PITA as xp and many other oses need drivers

I have a dell dimension that we just reinstalled windows xp on, after everything was done properly (well as we thought)
We have no sound. everything is fine in the services.msc thing, Startup type is automatic and and service status is started. we get the message there are no active mixer devices when i try to go to volume control.
When i try to install the drivers (soundMAX) i get the error message "the file 'ksuser.dll' on windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD is needed."
I put the cd in and it says the file is not found please verify the correct filename was given.

Please help me!!! i am completely stumped!!
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Mar 20th, 2009

Thank you it worked for me too!

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Originally Posted by Kurama52

I found a fix!

I had this problem as well. It happened randomly in the middle of downloading music.
But thanks to some tech help from another site, the fix was pretty easy.

Go to Start --> Run, and type in services.msc.

A window will pop up with a list of services. Scroll down to Windows Audio. Right-click
and click on Properties.

Make sure that "Startup type" is set to automatic. Also, make sure, under "Service
status," start is selected. (Mine was somehow set on stopped. I clicked start and
-- voila! -- it worked.)

Hope this works for you, too.

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Apr 9th, 2009

ok i really need help im getting the same msg everyone else is getting.
ive tryd almost everyones sugestions on this thread exepts i have no clue what type of computer this is
is there anyway i can like open it up and that will reveal what kind it is ?

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Re: "There are no active mixer devices..."

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Apr 9th, 2009

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Originally Posted by tylerrr15

ok i really need help im getting the same msg everyone else is getting.
ive tryd almost everyones sugestions on this thread exepts i have no clue what type of computer this is
is there anyway i can like open it up and that will reveal what kind it is ?

hi,this program will tell you all about your system download and install and check it out .! you can post the results here and i will help you find correct sound drivers for it
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

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Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/

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Apr 10th, 2009

ok so i didnt now what you wnated exactly so heres like everything it says

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

System Model
VIA Technologies, Inc. PM800-8237
Enclosure Type: Desktop

and i assumed thats all youd need but if its not tell me what and ill tell you what it says
thanks !!

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Originally Posted by tylerrr15

ok so i didnt now what you wnated exactly so heres like everything it says

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

System Model
VIA Technologies, Inc. PM800-8237
Enclosure Type: Desktop

and i assumed thats all youd need but if its not tell me what and ill tell you what it says
thanks !!

close ,what showing in the multimedia section ,right had side under display?

driver download for that board .try reinstalling cmeida drivers
http://www.asrock.com.tw/mb/download...el=P4VM8&s=478

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Apr 11th, 2009

yeah i went to http://www.asrock.com.tw/mb/download...el=P4VM8&s=478
like you said and tryd downloading c media i tryd downloading it but when it was downloaded nothing happened it still wasnt working so i just took it offf

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Originally Posted by tylerrr15

but when it was downloaded nothing happened it still wasnt working so i just took it offf

did you install it after you downloaded it ,

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Originally Posted by Kurama52

Make sure that "Startup type" is set to automatic. Also, make sure, under "Service
status," start is selected.

My settings were these before I opened Volume Control! I still have no sound. I have a Mobile Intel Pentium III CPU - M 1200 MHz 1.20GHZz, 256 MB RAM

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Jul 13th, 2009

JBennet,

I followed all of your instructions to a capital 'T' and nothing is working. This is what I have for a computer.

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)

Compaq Presario 061 EG733AA-ABA SR1620NX NA540 0nx1411RE101AMETH00
System Serial Number: CNN5350CFD
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Processor

2.00 gigahertz AMD Sempron
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded

Main Circuit Board

Board: MSI AMETHYST-M 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.47 03/03/2006

I don't know if that is enough information for you. I have no sound and I clicked on volume and everything is grey shaded. I have tried to go to http://www.hp.com and I have gone to http://www.windowsupdate.com and following through with services.msc

Please help me.