> Moody Marco wrote:

>> Moody Marco wrote:

>>> Moody Marco wrote:

>>>> Guys
>>>>
>>>> I've lost all sound in Windows. Funny thing is though, it's ok in
>>>> games, MediaCenter, etc. My little speaker icon is gone from the
>>>> system tray, even though the box is ticked if I go to Control Panel

>>>>> Sounds > "Place speaker icon in system tray". If I untick it,

>>>> click Apply, then re-tick, Apply, nothing happens.
>>>>
>>>> While in this bit of Control Panel I can adjust the volume using the
>>>> mixer, etc (but only if I have, say, MediaCenter, open so I can hear
>>>> the difference - the usual little "ding" you get when adjusting the
>>>> slider isn't playing).
>>>>
>>>> Only change recently has been an uninstall of some adidtional codecs
>>>> that came with my (downloaded) copy of Nero, which then caused me to
>>>> get "codec missing" errors when trying to play videos and mp3's in
>>>> MediaCenter. So I uninstalled also my K-Lite codec pack, and
>>>> re-installed it. The music/videos, etc started working again in
>>>> MediaCenter, but then a few days later this problem started
>>>> happening.

>>>
>>> This is getting weirder - today I turned on the PC, and I have no
>>> sound at all. Sound option in Control Panel is now saying "No Audio
>>> Device", and all volume sliders are greyed out.
>>>
>>> I done a system restore, back 1 week, and when my PC restarted I got
>>> to the logon screen. I typed my password in, and I heard the Windows
>>> logon tune. "Great", I thought. However when my desktop appeared,
>>> there was no speaker icon in the system tray. Back into Control
>>> Panel, and lo and behold, "No Audio Device".

>>
>>
>> FFS - when I logged off, I heard the Windows logoff tune, despite
>> Control Panel saying No Audio Device. I then done another Restore,
>> going back a few days previous to the one I just done. When my PC
>> rebooted, I left it at the logon screen for 2 or 3 mins, and I heard
>> a single beep coming from the PC Speaker. I logged on, no tune this
>> time, Control Panel still says "No Audio Device".
>>
>> Should add that through all of this Device Manager has never reported
>> any conflicts/etc.

>
> Double FFS - simply right clicking the Sigma Tel HD Audio Codec in Device
> Manager, choosing Uninstall, then choosing "Scan For Hardware Changes"
> forced XP to re-add it, and it works fine now!
>
> Anyone know how to "unrestore" my PC back to where it was before I
> restored it?
>
> Cheers