lost some sounds

[jgf]

Recently, in order to get Vista to shut up about it, I "updated" to IE9 (I've never used IE and hate being forced to install updates to it). Somehow this corrupted many things on my system, necessitating reinstalling the vid drivers and sound drivers; things still weren't right so I rolled back to the restore point. Had to reinstall the sound and vid drivers again and things seemed back to normal.

Then I found I had no sound in flv files. No sound in YouTube, no sound in d/l'd flv files; didn't matter what player or what file, online or local - no sound. Over the next few days I found I'd lost sound in two card games - Solsuite and Foxfire - though sound in other games was normal (Foxfire uses wav for effects and midi for background music, so no relation to flv sound that I can see). Then noticed in MS Flight Sim 9 that I'd lost ATC voices, have no idea of their format, they're contained in a proprietary file (USEnglishbig.gvp, which can be updated by an editor which embeds new files within it); I restored the original file, to no avail.

DVD playback is normal, as are mp3, mp4, and wav files. In fact, with the exception of what I listed, all other sounds seem normal; so I exclude the audio card and drivers as the problem, though I removed, d/l'd and reinstalled the drivers.

Several afternoons searching the net has disclosed nothing about my problem; most of what I find is quite application specific or pertains to a different OS. Intuition was that there was a codec problem, so installed the KLite codec package. That didn't help. Numerous threads I read elsewhere implied installing the ffdshow software corrected many such problems, so I tried that. No help.

I'm out of ideas ...short of hurling this spawn of inbred imbeciles into the nearest dumpster.

 

[americancritic]

Hello and welcome.

I would do a system restore not a factory restore, system restore you won't lose and of your documents, here is how...I also did not update to IE9, I just leave the icon in the lower right of the screen and forget it. I am staying with IE8. LOL

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/194765-system-recovery-options.html

 

[jgf]

I did a system restore; always create one of my own before an "update".

I don't mind that idiotic icon in the system tray, but it pops up several times a day with "new updates are available" necessitating me interrupting my work to close it (I don't want to disable automatic updates, but since Micro$oft refuses to give us a "shut up already!" option I'm sorely tempted).

 

[americancritic]

Hi I will try and find out the answer, what I have checked on is it wont even let you right click and close it but I will look hard for both you and I. Thank you for post and I am sure we will find the answer...

 

[jgf]

Just noticed when I go to control panel>sound>sounds the wav files do not play there, though they play in most games and in my audio editor (Audition, though here I had to change the settings from input: "wavemapper" to input: "Creative: what you hear", and output from wavemapper to Creative spkrs).

 

[t-4-2]

Recently, in order to get Vista to shut up about it, I "updated" to IE9 (I've never used IE and hate being forced to install updates to it). Somehow this corrupted many things on my system, necessitating reinstalling the vid drivers and sound drivers; things still weren't right so I rolled back to the restore point. Had to reinstall the sound and vid drivers again and things seemed back to normal.

Then I found I had no sound in flv files. No sound in YouTube, no sound in d/l'd flv files; didn't matter what player or what file, online or local - no sound. Over the next few days I found I'd lost sound in two card games - Solsuite and Foxfire - though sound in other games was normal (Foxfire uses wav for effects and midi for background music, so no relation to flv sound that I can see). Then noticed in MS Flight Sim 9 that I'd lost ATC voices, have no idea of their format, they're contained in a proprietary file (USEnglishbig.gvp, which can be updated by an editor which embeds new files within it); I restored the original file, to no avail.

DVD playback is normal, as are mp3, mp4, and wav files. In fact, with the exception of what I listed, all other sounds seem normal; so I exclude the audio card and drivers as the problem, though I removed, d/l'd and reinstalled the drivers.

Several afternoons searching the net has disclosed nothing about my problem; most of what I find is quite application specific or pertains to a different OS. Intuition was that there was a codec problem, so installed the KLite codec package. That didn't help. Numerous threads I read elsewhere implied installing the ffdshow software corrected many such problems, so I tried that. No help.

I'm out of ideas ...short of hurling this spawn of inbred imbeciles into the nearest dumpster.

It is not a solution, but to save your sanity, perhaps, you would consider uninstall IE9.
After uninstalling IE9, the system will automatically revert back to its previous IE version.
How to uninstall IE9.....
Start > in the search box, type programs and features > Enter > left column, click View Installed Updates > scroll down to find Windows Internet Explorer 9 > right click > click Uninstall.

 

[jgf]

Thanks for the input.

I had done a system restore to before the IE update, but the sound problems remained (this "update" had also necessitated me reinstalling the vid drivers and the drivers for my force feedback wheel). My wave editor (Adobe Audition) had also stopped working ...until I changed its I/O from wavemapper to Creative "what you hear", this proved to be the critical clue.

Researching the lost wavemapper, eventually I found several threads concerning lost sound in flv playback in which the most common solution was a registry edit - there was even a reg file to d/l to correct this. This had no effect for me so I tried to manually edit the registry; the required lines were not present and the registry wouldn't let me add them, claiming they already existed.

Ultimately I found the solution: a bit of Vista idiocy required me, as administrator, to give myself, as administrator, permission to access that part of the registry (I'd been editing other registry areas for ages). Once past that vicious circle of ownership, permissions, and access, that section of the registry appeared and I was able to apply the reg file. All sounds are back, changed Audition I/O back to wavemapper, and the system seems normal again.

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Now I guess I must live with Vista constantly harping about "new updates are available" because I haven't installed IE9, which Micro$oft deems necessary.

 

[t-4-2]

When IE9 comes up for install again, just right click at it > click Hide.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72491-windows-update.html

It won't bother you again.
When time comes you do want to give it a go again, open Windows Update application > left column, click Restore Hidden Updates > check it and click Restoring and installing hidden updates > the rest is self-explanatory.

 

[jgf]

Thank you! I thought that little icon and its incessant popup balloon would be a permanent fixture in my system tray (given the ludicrous frequency of Micro$oft "updates" it nearly is anyway ...I've actually restarted after installing updates only to be greeted by "new updates are available").

 

[t-4-2]

Thank you! I thought that little icon and its incessant popup balloon would be a permanent fixture in my system tray (given the ludicrous frequency of Micro$oft "updates" it nearly is anyway ...I've actually restarted after installing updates only to be greeted by "new updates are available").

You are welcome.
Pity IE9 does not work for you.

 

[jgf]

I don't know if IE9 itself worked or not, but the update certainly wreaked havoc. Haven't used any version of IE in ages, preferring Netscape then Firefox (except for those rare exceptions where a website displays as a blank white page in Firefox and I'm forced to resort to IE). But that update is now hidden, hopefully some subsequent Vista update will not deem it a prerequisite.