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    Unhappy Error 0x80040256

    when i try and play something in windows media player or nething i get this error

    "You either do not have a sound card installed on your computer or it is not functioning properly. If you do not have a sound card installed, you must install one before you can listen to audio in a digital media file. If you do have a sound card installed, refer to its documentation to troubleshoot the problem.

    Error ID = 0x80040256, Remedy ID = 0x00000000"

    how can I fix this?

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    Welcome to windrivers yea1234. Much more info required:
    - Make and model of computer
    - Make and model of sound card (if known)
    - Version of windows
    - Any yellow ! or ? in device manager?
    - Do other system sounds work?
    Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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    dell..how do i find the model?
    i dont know the make and model of the sound card
    i have a windows xp
    the yellow question marks and !'s are in 'Other Devices' not in the 'sound, video and game controllers'
    and no none of the other sound systems work

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    Quote Originally Posted by yea1234
    dell..how do i find the model?
    Should be a sticker on the side that has a service tag number or a label on the back of the machine with serial number, etc.

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    05d481?

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    According to Dell that's an invalid service tag...are you sure that was it?

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    Angry Ihave the same issue...

    Quote Originally Posted by hudsonsmith View Post
    Welcome to windrivers yea1234. Much more info required:
    - Make and model of computer
    - Make and model of sound card (if known)
    - Version of windows
    - Any yellow ! or ? in device manager?
    - Do other system sounds work?

    ok, I have a HP Pavilion ze 5700 with windows XP on it. I was downloading music last night ( 11-4-08) and listening to music as well and all of a sudden this morning I cant listent to a thing and I also receie the error message the person this responce was to . Now what?

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    [QUOTE=yea1234]when i try and play something in windows media player or nething i get this error

    "You either do not have a sound card installed on your computer or it is not functioning properly. If you do not have a sound card installed, you must install one before you can listen to audio in a digital media file. If you do have a sound card installed, refer to its documentation to troubleshoot the problem.

    Error ID = 0x80040256, Remedy ID = 0x00000000"

    how can i fix this on my computer??

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    Welcome to windrivers Lopez.
    As stated above you will need to be more specific on your computer to help you with sound. Do you have a Mfg computer: Compaq, Hewlett Packerd,
    Dell, And others or do you have one someone built for you? Need to know
    if you have on board sound or sound card. When you go to Device Manager
    do you see any yellow exclamation symbols?

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    I have the same problem, and glad that you have this forum.

    my sound does not work.

    System info: Toshiba Satellite A135-S2276
    I have installed Windows XP Professional SP1
    Please help getting the driver that I need. I have installed the driver from the Toshiba driver however did not work. Installed Realtek '97 driver 4.0. did not work either.

    People HELP!

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    Welcome to Windrivers hugo575
    First, update to Service Pack 2, many sound problems were fixed with SP2.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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    Question problem

    hi i keep on having this problem where i seem to have no sound, but all the drivers are installed and the software seems to be working, but still no bloody sound. could you plz help me. however i do have a clue as what it could be it might be that my speaker are inbuilt in to the screen itself

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    [QUOTE=yea1234]when i try and play something in windows media player or nething i get this error

    "You either do not have a sound card installed on your computer or it is not functioning properly. If you do not have a sound card installed, you must install one before you can listen to audio in a digital media file. If you do have a sound card installed, refer to its documentation to troubleshoot the problem.

    Error ID = 0x80040256, Remedy ID = 0x00000000"

    how can I fix this?

    i am not computer literate.My daughters PC broke so used the recovery discs but now all ok escept i have no sound. can anyone help me please?

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    Aside from repeating the original posters' query, you have provided no information about your computer. Did you READ the posts that followed the opening post?

    Sometimes, if you can't ascertain that info, Everest helps:

    Download and run Everest Home (it is free):

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

    Once you download it, click on it and let it install and then run it from the icon on your desktop and then click on 'Computer' then on 'Summary', then go to the VERY top of the screen and click on 'report', then 'quick report-summary' and then 'plain text' and save it then go to C:/programs/lavalys and open that folder then open Everest Home sub-folder and then reports sub-folder and click on the report.

    This will open it in a text editor (probably Notepad) and then use your mouse to highlight ALL the debug stuff at the bottom of the report and delete it and then save that file again and then copy and paste it to here.

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    Welcome to Windrivers tian1chen

    Do you get the same error message that this thread is about?
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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