R
R. McCarty
This can happen if your Sound card goes to "Phantom" status is Device
Manager. XP knows it (Sound) exists, but considers the device to not
be present in the current/active hardware profile. The entry for the card
or motherboard based sound will appear in diminished tone or grayed
out. Sometimes you'll have multiple instances of the sound card and the
phantom entries need to be removed.
To see all phantoms, you need to add a System level environment
variable DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices
and set it's value = 1
*Adding this variable is done via System Properties, Advanced (TAB)
Environment Variables button
Then open Device Manager, Click View, Tic/Check "Show Hidden
Devices". Expand the Sound category and look for instances of your
sound card/device. Right Click each one and take Uninstall. It's normal
to see a fairly long list of other "Phantoms", such as Microsoft Kernel....
or Microsoft streaming... These entries should be left alone as they are
present but not actively used.
Manager. XP knows it (Sound) exists, but considers the device to not
be present in the current/active hardware profile. The entry for the card
or motherboard based sound will appear in diminished tone or grayed
out. Sometimes you'll have multiple instances of the sound card and the
phantom entries need to be removed.
To see all phantoms, you need to add a System level environment
variable DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices
and set it's value = 1
*Adding this variable is done via System Properties, Advanced (TAB)
Environment Variables button
Then open Device Manager, Click View, Tic/Check "Show Hidden
Devices". Expand the Sound category and look for instances of your
sound card/device. Right Click each one and take Uninstall. It's normal
to see a fairly long list of other "Phantoms", such as Microsoft Kernel....
or Microsoft streaming... These entries should be left alone as they are
present but not actively used.