No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix

Haggis95 · 12-09-2008, 04:58 PM

I have been pulling my hair out today trying to sort this out,I've done everything that people have said on here, to no avail,I came across this little gem after hours of searching,and,I thought I'd share it with you all as I had noticed that a hell of a lot of people were having the same problem,and not just in this forum,I have posted this in another thread, but, I thought it deserved one of it's own

This is a fix for the Windows XP service pack 3, no sound,no audio device problems, after reinstalling,if you do this exactly as written, then you won't have any problems

This requires some jiggery pokery with the registry,but,I can assure you all ,IT WORKS

Edit : Source : http://boredsysadm.blogspot.com/2008...-hd-audio.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoredSysAdm

1) Open Regedit and go to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\CDSVersion

2) Double-click CDSVersion and change it to 200, then restart your system.

100 (hex) means its sp1
200 (hex) means its sp2
300 (hex) means its sp3

3) Install kb888111xp2.exe (Microsoft UAA Patch which should be available from your Audio driver folder)
4) Install audio driver
5) Change CSDVersion back to 300 (remember this or else you system will think it's still SP2 and many SP2 updates may reemerge in your Windows Update, that's my logical guess anyway )
6) Restart your system

I hope this will save a lot of us older ones from losing any more hair

Tony

Edit : please post your sources when you copy-paste instructions from the web.

hitech · 12-11-2008, 07:24 AM

congradulations, you have solved every possible sound installation problem with xp sp3

crayonman · 12-19-2008, 10:28 PM

hey, i did this and it didn't work. i don't know what i'm doing wrong

crayonman · 12-19-2008, 10:41 PM

i'm currently running Windows XP Performance Edition SP3

crayonman · 12-19-2008, 11:35 PM

allright, i got it working allright. THANKYOU!!!! i love you. so, funny story, i was sure that the audio wasn't working because it would make a sound when i would try to adjust the tray audio, so i go to play COD 4 with volume blasted. boy that that a mistake!! it was freakin' loud all of a sudden, and i didn't even acknowlege it until it hit me that, oh wait.... THE SOUND IS WORKING!!!! SWEET! genius!

Haggis95 · 01-01-2009, 12:49 PM

No worries mate,at least someone on here appreciates what I was trying to do,sorry for any offence caused by my outburst btw,I WAS trying to be helpful

best wishes

Tony

BoredSysAdm · 01-04-2009, 11:28 AM

Haggis95 - Not Cool copy/paste from my website w/o my direct permission. This is copyright infringement. Please just give link next time.

Thanks to fearless mod - justpassingby - justice partially restored . Kudos!

**koala** · 01-04-2009, 04:35 PM

Thanks for posting, BoredSysAdm.

I've also added your source link to haggis95's other 2 posts.

12-11-2008, 07:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
hitech Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 613 OS: Windows	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix congradulations, you have solved every possible sound installation problem with xp sp3 __________________

12-19-2008, 10:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
crayonman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix hey, i did this and it didn't work. i don't know what i'm doing wrong

12-19-2008, 10:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
crayonman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix i'm currently running Windows XP Performance Edition SP3

12-19-2008, 11:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
crayonman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix allright, i got it working allright. THANKYOU!!!! i love you. so, funny story, i was sure that the audio wasn't working because it would make a sound when i would try to adjust the tray audio, so i go to play COD 4 with volume blasted. boy that that a mistake!! it was freakin' loud all of a sudden, and i didn't even acknowlege it until it hit me that, oh wait.... THE SOUND IS WORKING!!!! SWEET! genius!

01-01-2009, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Haggis95 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dunfermline,Scotland Posts: 44 OS: vista sp1	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix No worries mate,at least someone on here appreciates what I was trying to do,sorry for any offence caused by my outburst btw,I WAS trying to be helpful best wishes Tony

01-04-2009, 11:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
BoredSysAdm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp3	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix Haggis95 - Not Cool copy/paste from my website w/o my direct permission. This is copyright infringement. Please just give link next time. Thanks to fearless mod - justpassingby - justice partially restored . Kudos!

01-04-2009, 04:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,336 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: No sound on reinstallation, XP SP3 fix Thanks for posting, BoredSysAdm. I've also added your source link to haggis95's other 2 posts. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here