"There are no active mixer devices..."

[Kurama52]

Hey, I've had this problem once before, and im not exactly sure how it was fixed.. but it's back. Theres nothing I can think of that might have caused it, except maybe a power outage or something. Whenever I click on volume control, it says "There are no active mixer devices available..." like there is no speakers, but my speakers are practically new and work fine. Also, when I click on the volume controls, my speakers make the "error" sound. Also, when I try to play a game, listen to music, or something else involving sound nothing comes out. Another interesting thing - When I first start the computer and all the programs load up, my spyware protections, etc, if I open up iTunes or a game or something, the sound will work as long as it is held open. But if I wait like 5 minutes or come out of a game and go into another, the sound will not work. Any ideas? Also, if it involves re-installing something, do I need to find the CD for my speakers? Or something else? I'm not great with those things, so details on where to find things, sound card, etc, would be helpful. Thank you. :)

[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.

[rajeshbab]

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.

Dear Kurama52

Thanks for posting the fix. I had been struggling for over a week now with the same problem on my IBM Thinkpad R51. Thanks. Will keep you posted with any followup observations.

[sacor1192]

Thanks. It worked.

[Jim Davis]

Thank's, this fix worked for me also. Fo some reason the sound went poof. When I followed your instructions I found the sound system in stop, restart and all is well...again.
Thank you again

Jim

[janemac]

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.

Thanks a million!! This solution has worked for me!! yay i have tunes at work again!! You've made my day :cheesy:

[coolvision]

Good if your problem is resolved.

[hnicklinjr]

You Are Fabulos That worked great

Thanks a million!! This solution has worked for me!! yay i have tunes at work again!! You've made my day :cheesy:

[jutnice]

im havin this problem right now, all the things you guys said to do were already working i stil cant figure it out
help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skyazur]

Hello I'm new here and glad to be here...
Anyway I got a problem right now it's that I have unfortunatly removed my audio and sound devices which I don't recall the name...
And now when I want to adjust the sound volume I get "There are no active mixer devices" and don't have sounds anymore on my laptops
Toshiba A55 Satellite and I have Win Xp.
So may you help me please? How and where get news devices sound and audio?

[jbennet]

You will need to reinstall your sound drivers.

Check the manufacturers website or else tell me the exact make and model of your laptop and i will look for a link.

[Skyazur]

My Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite A55-S106 and I got Windows Xp.

You will need to reinstall your sound drivers.

Check the manufacturers website or else tell me the exact make and model of your laptop and i will look for a link.

[jbennet]

Here you are. Click download then select your model

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp

[Skyazur]

:)thx you really helped me!!!

[nitishtiwari]

Hi,
I was having problem with the audio device (drivers) was not able to hear sound. Everytime i clicked the volume control the message was displayed, there is no active mixer devices available. In the Audio section of the device manager, no option for updatng driver or unistalling the driver was diaplyed. So i started the laptop in Safemode and i could find both the options in the device manager( update driver and uninstall driver). I unistalled the audio drivers (Audio Codecs and one more related to it).
Now i am unable to find the match for it and the system is not responding to Scan for hardware changes (in the device manager section). Kindly advice.
the configuration of my Laptop is:
1. Its of DELL
2. Genuine Intel (R) CPU
3. T2300 @1.66GHz
4. 980 MHz
Please advice
Thanks,
Nitish

You will need to reinstall your sound drivers.

Check the manufacturers website or else tell me the exact make and model of your laptop and i will look for a link.

[jbennet]

A dell desktop or laptop?

get the drivers off dell supports website (either choose your pc from a list or type in the service tag which is either on a sticker or in the BIOS.)

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

[Arturion]

Kurama52, thank you so much. You've made my day. I've been fighting with this problem for weeks.

[3xxx]

ya, it work extremely well

just services, and activate it

I believe the reason is power outage too -- as I don't have battery plug into my notebook and unplug the power supply too quickly
this work magic

Thanks. It worked.

[prad]

hi kurma,
i did the same and my sound started as well but the problem is i have to start the service everytime i start the system plz help me it has been big headache for me

prad

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.

[jbennet]

It needs to be set to aurtomatic and then started