Windows Vista Sound Driver Problem

Of the four workarounds (bullet list), I understood all but the third, which seems to have been written in an unfamiliar dialect. Care to translate?

Of the four workarounds (bullet list), I understood all but the third, which seems to have been written in an unfamiliar dialect. Care to translate?

Recently I installed Windows Vista from XP. I have no sound whatsoever.. My system is a HP Pavilion a133On. How do I correct this problem? I have tried everything I know
Thanks

i had the same problem as kim. and dont know what to do? any ideas

i had the same problem as kim. and dont know what to do? any ideas

There are still many issues with Vista audio. The biggest problem being that very few audio manufacturers are actually supported and if they are, their drivers are generally very basic with no audio tools included. I have yet to hear anything more than stereo under XP where I have both 5.1 and 7.1 setups.

Basically, for those of you with your HP Pavillions, it is very likely that the onboard sound device is NOT supported by Vista and you will have to invest in the minimum supported card for Vista. orry folks!

There are still many issues with Vista audio. The biggest problem being that very few audio manufacturers are actually supported and if they are, their drivers are generally very basic with no audio tools included. I have yet to hear anything more than stereo under XP where I have both 5.1 and 7.1 setups.

Basically, for those of you with your HP Pavillions, it is very likely that the onboard sound device is NOT supported by Vista and you will have to invest in the minimum supported card for Vista. orry folks!

was wondering if there was a way to get sound in chat rooms and play music someone said i needed to down load something off microsoft but i cant find it ,, and also heard that with vista there wont b any sound for a year or so ,, please help me with,thank you

Is it true that xp will be obsolete by the end of next year and vista will have taken over…… a salesperson advised me of this and said that my dell which is xp will eventually have to be changed over to vista or i will have to buy a newcomputer

If you google for “Windows Vista Audio issues” you will see way to many people complaining about popping and crackling in their audio playback. And if the poster has added their favorite driver or sound card they feel the issue is with that particular sound card and Windows Vista.
But the same problem occurs with windows generic drivers rite out of the gate.
Truly this is a Microsoft problem, there is something definitely wrong here and it could be that microsoft is so focused on supplying surround sound options it has over looked basic audio for our stereo mp3 and wav files.
Thinking they need a swift kick in the rss.
levi

how do i play music through sound card on vista in yahoo

First off I have to say that I not exactly a technophobe. I do however know what good sound is and since Vista has managed to totally ruin the sound I am extremely dissatisfied with the sound.

I have an Acer Aspire 5000 notebook and use jetAudio as my player. Since changing over to Vista Home Premium what i hear is jerky, scratchy sound that even the worst 8 track player could not possible duplicate.

I upgraded the Realtek drivers but that hasn’t helped the matter at all.

Anyone have any definitive suggestions as to what I can do to get the level of sound that is free of the defects I would be glad to hear from you..

Thanks,

Len

First i would like to say that Vista SUCKS. second is that there is nothing to do about no sound in chat rooms ive look every where and done everything i cant think of downloaded all kinds of drivers and still nothing works so too all you vista ppl dont waste your time!!!!

im getting great digital sound from vista but no treble.im running vista home prem 64, amd2 5600 dual core. im now seriously thinking of buying a vista ready sound card any help on the treble issues would be appreciated.

What’s wrong with this Vista.. God… It’s like Microsoft downgraded XP to this crappy weird version of a mass mind destructor.

hey guys,
i need 1 help…
I installed vista and i have an INTEL 945GNT motherboard with intel high definition audio integrated.

vista automatically installed all the drivers, and everything seems fine except the sound driver. is installed when i see the device manager, but when i click on the volume icon on systemtray it says no audio output device installed, and i cannot hear any sounds working here…

i even installed the audio driver which came with the motherboard, but vista doesnt take it… encounters problems… i mean not compatible.

I want to download sound card driver of hp notebook nc 6220 for windows vista
So kindly send me the link or driver.