Re: Microphone

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Changing the audio hardware did not help. I tried rebooting with the XP CD
ROM in place and even changed the BIOS setup so CDROM is the primary boot
device but those instructions mentioned (setup, repair etc) never came up.
What should I do

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Hamilton, New Zealand


"kurttrail" wrote:

> Taimur Mughal [MSFT] wrote:
> > This problem occurs because when you change the Audio Hardware
> > Acceleration setting to None this removes the hardware-accelerated
> > device from the list of
> > possible devices. However, DSound continues to try and map to the
> > device.
> > RESOLUTION
> > ===========
> > This problem generally occurs only the first time that you run the
> > test. If this problem continues to occur after the first attempt,
> > follow these steps:
> > 1. In Control Panel, double-click "Sounds and Audio Devices".
> > 2. On the Voice tab, under Voice Playback, click Advanced.
> > 3. On the Performance tab, move the Hardware Acceleration slider at
> > least one position to the right.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=282882&sd=RMVP
>
> Unless you are the author of the KB article, Taimur, you should give the
> link.
>
>
> TO THE OP:
>
> Don't do the following part of Taimur Mughal's post! More than likely
> it is TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!
>
> Post back to the group if you have any further problems after enabling
> the Hardware Acceleration, BEFORE trying to do a repair install.
>
> >
> > Also maybe file is missing and needs to recover with the following
> > steps.
> > Please try to repair Windows XP using the following steps:
> > Note: When you do the following steps, please read the instructions
> > on the screen carefully.
> >
> > 1) Make sure you have set your CD-ROM as the first priority boot
> > device. You may refer to your computer manual for information on how
> > to do this. 2) Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and reboot
> > your computer. 3) When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" on the
> > screen, press a key to let your computer boot from the Windows XP CD.
> > 4) When the computer boots from the CD-ROM, it check your hardware
> > and then prompt you the following options.
> >
> > * To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
> > * To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery
> > Console, press R.
> > * To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
> >
> > Please press ENTER.
> >
> > 5) Press the F8 key to agree the Licensing Agreement.
> > 6) You will see your current Windows XP installation is listed in a
> > box and get the following options:
> >
> > * To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
> > * To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without
> > repairing , press ESC.
> >
> > Please press "R"?
> >
> > 7) Then the setup program will repair Windows XP automatically.
> >
> > Taimur Mughal [MSFT]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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> >
>
> --
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> Kurt
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