> "Moody Marco" zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:SZOdnSsIoKYlEzrYnZ2dnUVZ8tqqnZ2d@giganews.com...

>> 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

>
> Best you can do is go back to system restore and select the latest
> date thats available then just restore it to that.You wont be far off
> from where you left off.