Red x on sound icon vista

I tried calling Hp technical support but after 1 hour of talking to a robot and 2 hours of being on hold I hung up, terrible service. If there's anything you can do that would help with my comp info that would be great, and I appreciate the time you're putting in to help me with my problem.

My comp model is an Hp Pavillion an Thank You. Saturday, April 4, AM. Hi, Thank you for posting. At this time, please try the following: 1. Check the Windows Audio service 1 Click Start, type services. Hope this helps. Tuesday, April 7, AM. I have the exact same issue but with a different os and mfg. I have gateway gt far from stock. The on board sound started doing this a week ago out of no where. I updated the pc today using windows update and now the sound blaster is doing the same thing.

I removed the drivers using the device manager and from programs and features. Any ideas? Windows vista ultimate x64 gateway gt onboard sound creative sound blaster live 5.

Edited by popnfrresh Friday, November 6, AM specs. Friday, November 6, AM. Hello Aoreif, Well, I am not entirely sure whats going on here. Hope this helps! The Unofficial. Tuesday, May 31, PM. I Have been having the same trouble for some time now and I beleive their is a problem in a the task manager called sound system solutions that after it runs its task, that it unplugs the speakers.

In certain cases, when it finds a problem, it will notify you and ask for your permission to get rid of the problem. This is another case of a restart. The reason this could work is that the driver might be stuck while trying to communicate with the device. You just have to run the Device Manager and select a few options. The X mark on your volume icon might be present because no device has been selected for audio output. The primary device might have been deselected after a major audio driver update or due to a rare system glitch.

Some applications could also cause such problem. If you recently connected a different audio device and selected it as the default audio output device, removing it might cause this problem. All you have to do is set your primary device as the default audio output device. You can use the sound flyout where you adjust your volume.

Just head to the far-right area of your taskbar and click on the volume icon. Once the flyout appears, click on the audio device and select another device. You have to go to the Services application and run them. You may also try the audio troubleshooter. Uninstall,reinstall and update your sound card driver from the support site of the sound card manufacturer.

Go to the computer manufactures web site, enter your product or serial number, and find the latest drivers for your computers configuration and operating system. Uninstall any driver that is AMD and reinstall a new driver from the computer manufacturers web site.

If there are still problems type control in the left lower corner search and open the control panel. After running each troubleshooter view the detailed information to what was and what was not fixed. Use the snipping tool to create an image if there are any problems that were not fixed and post into the thread. Let us know the status after uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and running the troubleshooters. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?

Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. Do I keep hitting F8 until the screen appears? And when the screen does come up, which choice for startup do I make? I went to Services and checked and it said Windows Audio is Started. Tried the link above and got lost. I have right clicked on speaker icon and it said "No Audio Devices installed".

I am at a loss. I don't know what to do. Everything says it's running and the driver is up to date, but it isn't acknowledging that the speakers are hooked up!.

I am not the most computer knowledgeable person in the world, so maybe it is me. I need a solution spelled out in easy to follow steps If you need to use F8 then pick Safe Mode with networking - is the usual choice.

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Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Santosh Y. Try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps.