Re: Sound icon on taskbar

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:56:00 -0800, Byte
<Byte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Eingereicht:

Do a search for SndVol32.exe which is the volume control, if found double
click it.
Otherwise go here - Download the program (SndVol32.exe)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071018041029AAolDTk

Thanks, Byte, I did this and it all worked well. I now have
sndvol32.exe in my C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. When I double
click it a small pop-up window opened with the label Volume
across the top but my computer hangs up each time I do this. I
have to do a ctrl-alt-delete to break out of this and it takes
several minutes to complete. Something serious is messed up, I'm
afraid.

Also, if I do a full shut down under this kind of lock-up I get a
window saying DEVLDR is running and if I shut it down it may
cause problems. Another similar window then pops up showing
rundll32 still running and warning me not to close it down.

I'm thinking I need to do a complete re-install of Windows XP
Pro, but my CD is an upgrade version that I bought to upgrade
from Windows 2000, and it is a bit out of date. On-line updates
have modified many of the files and I'm concerned that doing a
re-install from the original CD might really mess things up.

This is such a mess that I'm actually considering buying a copy
of VISTA and a new hard drive, then doing a complete fresh
install. I'd have to re-install all my client software and I
might hit some snags doing this, though.

Gordon
.

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