lemonflavor

Some system event sounds won't play in Vista on my Dell Inspiron 1525. It was working until about a week or two ago and I have no idea what happened. I've searched here and elsewhere, chatted with Dell tech support and tried absolutely everything I can think of.

The problem is some even sounds work, like Startup, Shutdown, mail notification and some don't like Asterisk, Default Sound, Close Program. When I use the Test button in the sound scheme scheme area the sound will play, but then the sound won't play when the event happens in Windows.

Things I've tried:
-updated sound driver (confirmed with Dell support)
-upgraded to SP2
-checked items in services.msc to make sure Themes support and other sounds items are running
-used default sound theme and overall theme
-checked Mixer to make sure nothing is muted (even though some sounds are playing)
-other things I can't even remember
-scannow

After upgrading to SP2 I apparently don't have restore points going back far enough.

Anything I can try? This is driving me nuts even though it's not anything critical. Thanks.

zach_shaffer

other drivers can conflict with this..u can try getting drivermax its free and it will tell u what drivers need updated and things like that..idk try that

lemonflavor

I tried updating a driver with that program and it wiped out my sound drivers. Fortunately I already downloaded the updated driver from Dell today so I reinstalled it. Thanks, but that program is dangerous.

I still have the problem.

lawrence.cook

for the events that dont play sounds, try change to another sound and see if it works or not.

lawrence.cook

oh, and try some external speakers. sounds random but just try it! sometimes i wont hear the whole sound when it plays (im 99% sure its down to my speakers) its weird just try other speakers though temporarily!

lemonflavor

Hello Lawrence. I've tried different sounds and the same events won't work. I also tried earphones and nothing there either. This is weird!