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No modern PC can and should do without sound. Windows XP as well as a lot of applications use sounds to give feedback to the user, or to signal an event happening. And when you play an MP3 file or watch some video, you definitely want to hear sound from your speakers or headset. Another typical area where sound problems can come up is while making voice calls over the internet. Skype, AI, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, the all are very suited for voice calls.

When you are facing audio problems, a structured way of finding the cause can be helpful. We will skip the steps where you check if everything is plugged properly, since that should always be the case. If your audio card uses jack sensing technology, make sure you select the proper device when asked about it (when plugging devices). Follow the green = speakers, pink = microphone and things should be okay.

Sound Errors in Windows XP

In some cases you will see a concrete error that can help you fix the sound problem in Windows XP. The media player you are using can give an error, or you can check the Device Manager and see an error on the audio device.
Typical examples of sound errors in Windows XP are:

• WAV sound playback error detected
• Your audio hardware cannot play files like the current file
• No wave device that can play files in the current format is installed
• Windows Media Player cannot play the file
• This device cannot start. (Code 10)
• The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

It is also possible that there is no error, but:

• there is simply no sound
• the sound is not working for internet pages
• the sound only works on a headset and not on the (monitor) speakers
• sound is of bad quality
• surround sound is not working.

In all cases it could be an audio configuration problem, but often it is a driver problem. The best approach is to go through the steps below and check each aspect.

Steps to Fix Sound Problems

• If you have an onboard audio card, you need to make sure the onboard audio device is enabled in the Bios. Instruction will vary per motherboard, so you need to follow the instructions in your PC or motherboard manual for this. If you are using a separate sound card, the onboard should be disabled of course!
• In Windows XP, open the Device Manager (open the Control Panel -> double-click the System icon -> in System Properties dialog box, select Hardware tab -> click Device Manager button).
• In the Device Manager, open the “Sound, video and game controllers” group. Here you should see your audio device as shown in the image.
• If the sound device is not listed, check if any devices are listed in the “Other devices” or “Unknown devices” group, most likely with a yellow exclamation mark.
• If the device is not listed or if devices are listed under the “Unknown devices” group, the most likely cause is a missing or incorrect device driver. If you have the sound driver for the sound device, (re)install the sound drivers. If you do not have the drivers the easiest method is to use a driver update tool.
• If updating the drivers does not work, you need to find the cause of the problematic device.
• If the sound device is listed in the Device Manager, and you still do not have sound, first open the Control Panel.
• In the Control Panel, double-click “Sounds and Audio Devices”.
• In the first screen, with the Volume tab active, make sure the Mute checkbox is not selected and that the volume slider is close to High.
• Next, click the Advanced button, and in the Advanced Audio Properties dialog box, make sure you have a valid Speaker setup. At least make sure it is not set to “No speakers”. Click OK when done.
• Now click the Speaker Volume button. Both the Left and Right speaker volume should be close to High. Click OK when done.
• Next, select the Audio tab in the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box.
• In the Sound playback group, you want to set the Default device to your sound card device. Part of the name will normally match with the name you found in the device manager.

  Also click the Volume button in the Sound playback group and adjust the Volumes to a high enough level. The Volume Control will show the mixer, which does depend on the audio device installed. The sample has a SoundMax audio card. Clear all the Mute checkboxes.

• You can repeat these steps for the MIDI music playback.
• Although not a frequent problem, check if the Audio Service is running:
  • Select Administrative Tools in the Control Panel.
  • Then double-click Component Services, which will open a separate window.
  • In the left-hand pane, click Services (Local).
  • In the right-hand pane, scroll down to the Windows Audio service and make sure it is not disabled. If necessary, right-click Windows Audio, in the popup menu select Properties and then set the startup type to Automatic.
• If you have sound problems in games, you can check the sound card resources. Especially older games have limited detection of sound cards in respect to resources (IRQ, I/O address range).

Test Sound with an Application

With these steps, you have checked and adjusted the sound setup in Windows XP. If sound problems still persist, chances are there are problems with the sound settings in the application you are using. If the sound problems are present for all applications, there probably is something wrong with the hardware.

The best application to test your sound setup with is the Windows Media Player, as it will use the standard Windows sound setup, which you just verified and adjusted.
One setting in the Windows Media Player that needs to be verified is the DirectSound device.

• Open the Windows Media Player.
• In the Media Player, select Options in the Tools menu (press the Alt key to show the menu if not visible).
• In the Options dialog box, select the Devices tab.
• Now select the Speakers device and click the Properties button.
• In the Speaker Properties dialog box, select the audio device to use for Sound playback. By default it will have Default DirectSound Device selected, but you can change it to the DirectSound device that is listed for your audio device.

  Also clear the Use 24-bit audio for audio CDs for now to make sure that this Performance setting is not causing any problems.

• Click OK to close the Speaker Properties and then click OK again to close the Options dialog box.

For testing purposes, use an audio file that was installed with Windows XP. These audio samples are standard audio files, which do not require any additional or special audio codes.

Other applications that use sound will normally have a similar option to change the sound device selection and volume. For games, the sound setup is particularly sensitive. The right and latest device driver is often required.

Audio and Video Codecs

When a computer plays an audio or video file, it will decode the audio or video data to be played with the sound device. Each different audio and video format requires its own decoder, or codec. One of the possible problems with no sound is that the right audio codec or video codec is not installed.

If your standard audio files do play, but a certain MP3, AVI or WMV file does not produce audio, the first thing to try is to install missing codecs. You can try and find out which codec is required and then find and install that code, but luckily there are a number of codec packages that can be downloaded and installed.

One of the most used codec packages is the K-Lite Codec Pack. With that installed most audio and video should play without problems … and with sound. There are more of course, a quick internet search can help you find others.

Find Out Which Sound Card Is Installed

Knowing exactly what type of sound card is installed in your computer can be of great help in looking for solutions to sound problems. It can help you find the right sound driver, look up software and maybe help search the internet for more targeted problem descriptions based on manufacturer and model.

One handy way of finding out which sound card is installed is to use a program like Belarc Advisor. It will analyze your system and tell you about your hardware and software.

Comments

1. @John – From what I know, upgrading to Windows 7 on your E1705 laptop might not be a good idea. You will only be able to run the 32-bit version, so there will not be much to gain. Driver support is even more limited, since many drivers are only available for Vista for that laptop, so you’ll need to see if they work.

   I do think your audio hardware is fine, so it must indeed be a driver/software issue.

   From what you describe, you could try uninstalling the audio driver, and then reboot. Windows should pick up the default audio driver for the on-board ICH7 audio.

   If it does not work, try reinstalling the original Dell driver for your laptop. See if it works, or in an error message shows up.

2. One other thing. My Sigma Tel Audio was not shown in the “Sounds and Audio Devices Properties”/Audio/ Sound playback Default device UNTIL I went into the F2 Bios and did a “Restore to Factory Defaults.” THEN it showed up! But still no sounds when checking the Sounds tab/Program events/Asterisk, Critical Battery Alarm, Critical Stop, etc.
   I tried other .wav files to see if the Windows .wav files were corrupt (or whatever) but still nothing would play when clicking ‘Play sound” button.
   Hope this helps explain my problem.
   Thanks in advance.

3. Hi…I have Inspiron e1705 laptop with Windows XP and Sigma Tel Audio default device. Ms office 2016 for mac free download with crack torrent. I lost complete sound for some unknown reason. There was sound from the headphones, but that eventually was also lost.
   F12 Diagnostics (Audio) plays great sound from my on board speakers, except for the mono test which failed.
   Analog Sound Playback passed loud and clear during the audio test while using “Intel ICH7 HD Audio with ST9200.”
   I have no idea what “Intel ICH7…” is nor where Win XP found this audio driver(?). I wish I could replace the Sigma Tel Audio CODEC with this Intel ICH7 HD Audio, but I can’t find it anywhere.
   I followed all the above checks and fixes, even d/ling Windows Media Player 11 for XP, but no help.
   Any suggestions please?
   Would installing Windows 7 possibly fix my audio problem?
   Thanks in advance.

4. when i play music this is what it shows
   Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly.

5. @aktor edy – please install the operating system again. thank you this is the answer for you even works.

6. @aktor edy – What is your exact sound issue? Is the sound device visible and recognized in the Device Manager?

   Your suggestion of a reg file, would be the same as as uninstalling the audio driver and then re-installing the audio driver, so try that instead.

   For further help, please provide more details (e.g. motherboard or sound card model).

7. no work repair sound driver (SoundMax) pls alternative repair!? (example: reg file)

8. @Philp – Regarding the recording, have you made sure that the right audio input source is selected for the recording? By default this would be the line in or microphone input of the sound card, so you need to make sure you set the default recording input to the TV Card, or select it in the recording program.
   The statement about the C-Media driver is not quite clear to me, how do you need to open it manually? Can you clarify that?

9. My PC is an Advert T9404 which is preloaded with Medion BDA Analog Capture.
   I presume this works in conjunction with the Medion SAA 7134 Capture Device.
   The Device Manager of my Windows XP tells me that it is functioning OK and the driver is up to date.
   My problem is that I can only capture video but not any sound. I know the sound is imputing as I can connect the anolog output to my TV with full sound as well as video.
   Additionaly,I have C-Media Rear Panel Audio device driver cmudax (C-Media do not now exist according to the web) and this driver now has to be opened manually since a PC repairer re-installed XP on my C disk.
   Can these problems be solved?

10. @steve – The solutions in the article are the most common generic solutions to generic audio problems in Windows XP.
    If you can let me know what your PC or audio card is, and what exactly the problem is, I might be able to give you further tips.

11. thx 4 sharing with us but it didn’t work out for mi so please try to get for anothrer solution!!

12. @Basit – There are quite a few variations of the soundmax audio device, so can you tell me what your model of computer is? Or what motherboard?
    If not possible, then at least list the hardware id of the audio device in the device manager.
    That way I can check for you and make sure you get the right audio driver for the soundmax audio device.

13. And i also tried to update the driver through internet but it’s not updating….

14. Hi, i have the same Sound Driver which is shown in the graphics like “SoundMAXIntegrated Digital Audio”. The problem is that since i have installed windows xp golden edition my sound is not working and in the control panel in sounds and audio devices the volume,Audio and Voice tabs are completely disabled but when i go to device manager there it shows that all the devices are working properly. i used windows 7 before but there was no any sound problem but in windows xp it gives me sound error. plz plz plz help me with this problem cause i m just got tired of solving this problem for two weeks….

15. i need which files and directories will be used for audio and mic, inside the windows xp operating system

16. Hi friends,
    For my system audio files playing fine in media player while playing video’s sound breaking. I have tried different video players and also i have reinstalled audio drivers. Please suggent anybody………….

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The Microsoft text-to-speech voices are speech synthesizers provided for use with applications that use the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) or the Microsoft Speech Server Platform. There are client, server, and mobile versions of Microsoft text-to-speech voices. Client voices are shipped with Windows operating systems; server voices are available for download for use with server applications such as Speech Server, Lync etc. for both Windows client and server platforms, and mobile voices are often shipped with more recent versions of Windows Phone. Windows 10 also brings the mobile text to speech voices to the desktop starting with the Anniversary Update.

Voices[edit]

Windows 2000 and Windows XP[edit]

Microsoft Sam is the default text-to-speech male voice in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It is used by Narrator, the screen reader program built into the operating system.

Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary are optional male and female voices respectively, available for download from the Microsoft website. Michael and Michelle are also optional male and female voices licensed by Microsoft from Lernout & Hauspie, and available through Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Reader.

There are both SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 versions of these text-to-speech voices. SAPI 4 voices are only available on Windows 2000 and later Windows NT-based operating systems. While SAPI 5 versions of Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary are downloadable only as a Merge Module,^[1] the installable versions may be installed on end users' systems by speech applications such as Microsoft Reader. SAPI 4 redistributable versions are downloadable for Windows 9x, although no longer from the Microsoft website.

Microsoft Sam, Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary can be used on Windows Vista and later with a third-party program (like Speakonia and TTSReader) installed on the machine that supports these operating systems; however, the speech patterns differ from the Windows XP versions of these voices. In addition, LH Michael and LH Michelle can work on Windows 7 and later if Speakonia and the SAPI 4 version of the voices in British English is downloaded.

Windows Vista and Windows 7[edit]

Beginning with Windows Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft Anna is the default English voice. It is a SAPI5-only female voice and is designed to sound more natural than Microsoft Sam.^[2]Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 and later install the Microsoft Anna voice on Windows XP systems for the voice-prompt direction feature. There is no male voice shipping with Windows Vista and Windows 7. A female voice called Microsoft Lili that replaces the earlier male SAPI5 voice 'Microsoft Simplified Chinese' is available in Chinese versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It can also be obtained in non-Chinese versions of Windows 7 or Vista by installing the Chinese language pack.

In 2010, Microsoft released the newer Speech Platform compatible voices for Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech for use with client and server applications. These voices are available in 26 languages^[3] and can be installed on Windows client and server operating systems. Speech Platform voices unlike SAPI 5 voices, are female-only, no male voices are released publicly yet.

Windows Xp Tts Voices

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1[edit]

In Windows 8, there are three new client (desktop) voices - Microsoft David (US male), Hazel (UK female) and Zira (US female) which sound more natural than the now-eliminated Microsoft Anna. The server versions of these voices are available via above mentioned Speech Platform for operating systems earlier than Windows 8. Unlike Windows 7 or Vista, one cannot use any third-party program for Microsoft Anna because there is no Anna Voice API for download. Other voices are available for specific language versions of either Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.^[4]

Windows 10 and later[edit]

In Windows 10, Microsoft Hazel was removed from the US English Language Pack and the Microsoft voices for Mobile (Phone/tablet) are available (Microsoft Mark and Microsoft Zira). These are the same voices found on Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile.

Also with these voices language packs are also available for a variety of voices similar to that of Windows 8 and 8.1. None of these voices match the Cortana text-to-speech voice which can be found on Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 10 Mobile.

In an attempt to unify its software with Windows 10, all of Microsoft's current platforms use the same text-to-speech voices except for Microsoft David and a few others.

Mobile[edit]

Every mobile voice package has the combination of male/female, while most of the desktop voice packages have only female voices. All mobile voices have been made universal and any user who downloads the language pack of that choice will have one extra male and female voice per that package.

A hidden text-to-speech voice in Windows 10 called Microsoft Eva Mobile is present within the system. Users can download a pre-packaged registry file from the windowsreport.com website. Microsoft Eva is believed to be the early voice for Cortana until Microsoft replaced her with the voice of Jen Taylor in most areas.

These voices are updated with Windows to sound more natural than in the original version as seen in updated retail builds of Windows 10.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Speech SDK 5.1
2. ^Chambers, Rob (August 29, 2006). 'Microsoft Anna - The new TTS voice in Vista'. MSDN Blogs. Microsoft. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
3. ^http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh361572.aspx
4. ^Free text-to-speech (TTS) or speech synthesizers in Microsoft Windows

External links[edit]

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