scudrunner9
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This is a friend's PC, Dell Optiplex260, WinXP/SP2 which I have reinstalled (r method, not formatted) twice trying to fix this.
There is sound, no conflicts, nothing, everything is as it should be.....except when it is shut down or re-started; then it vanishes into thin air, although it IS still there, it just doesn't load!!
I get it back by uninstalling SoundMAX and then either re-booting (sometimes it will say it found new hardware, sometimes not but it does reinstall it) or by using Add/Remove Hardware, BUT neither method adds the sound icon to the sys tray. The only I can get it there is to run a little prog. called Taskbar Repair Tool.
Once I do all that, everything is fine, as if there is no problem at all, until it is either shut down or re-booted.
I have set a restore point when all is well, re-booted so I know it is gone again, restore and it still is not there. (well, it is, I just have to go through the process again)
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated before I'm totally bald!!!
There is sound, no conflicts, nothing, everything is as it should be.....except when it is shut down or re-started; then it vanishes into thin air, although it IS still there, it just doesn't load!!
I get it back by uninstalling SoundMAX and then either re-booting (sometimes it will say it found new hardware, sometimes not but it does reinstall it) or by using Add/Remove Hardware, BUT neither method adds the sound icon to the sys tray. The only I can get it there is to run a little prog. called Taskbar Repair Tool.
Once I do all that, everything is fine, as if there is no problem at all, until it is either shut down or re-booted.
I have set a restore point when all is well, re-booted so I know it is gone again, restore and it still is not there. (well, it is, I just have to go through the process again)
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated before I'm totally bald!!!