reinstalling sound recorder?

hi hi · 11-21-2008, 12:46 PM

anyone know how to uninstall then reinstall windows sound recorder on xp?
thanks. mines screwed, can't hear anything whilst im recording?
thnaks.

**blah789** · 11-22-2008, 01:35 PM

This will take a bit of tweaking. Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf and open the file sysoc.inf
Go to the line that says
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
and change it to
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,,7
Basically just remove HIDE from that line. Make sure the two commas on both sides of the HIDE are still there. Then click file, save.

Now go to control panel (classic view), add/remove programs, add/remove Windows Components. Double click accessories and utilities, then double click multimedia. Uncheck sound recorder, then click ok, then ok, then next.
Once that's done, just do the reverse and recheck it, and sound recorder will be re-installed.

You shouldn't rule out other problems, like badly installed sound drivers, as being the cause of your problem.

11-21-2008, 12:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
hi hi Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 68 OS: xp	reinstalling sound recorder? anyone know how to uninstall then reinstall windows sound recorder on xp? thanks. mines screwed, can't hear anything whilst im recording? thnaks.

11-22-2008, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,874 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: reinstalling sound recorder? This will take a bit of tweaking. Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf and open the file sysoc.inf Go to the line that says MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7 and change it to MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,,7 Basically just remove HIDE from that line. Make sure the two commas on both sides of the HIDE are still there. Then click file, save. Now go to control panel (classic view), add/remove programs, add/remove Windows Components. Double click accessories and utilities, then double click multimedia. Uncheck sound recorder, then click ok, then ok, then next. Once that's done, just do the reverse and recheck it, and sound recorder will be re-installed. You shouldn't rule out other problems, like badly installed sound drivers, as being the cause of your problem.