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Jonster
12-12-2004, 04:14 PM
I'm getting an error whenever I try to play a sound and there's nothign coming out at all.
About 45 minutes ago it was fine, and I was listening to an album, now it's not working at all, and the only thing I can think of that could affect it is that the AdAware scan I ran made it go wrong.

The error I get from Winamp:

Bad DirectSound driver. Please install the proper drivers or select another device in configuration.
Error Code: 88780032

The error I got when I tried to play a sound in the Windows sound config:

Windows cannot play the %SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Error.wav file. The file may be damaged or may use an unrecognised compression format. To resolve this problem, replace the file or use the Add/Remove Programs in Control panel to install Audio Compression.

Erm, help!
Bad Company
12-12-2004, 05:57 PM
use the adaware tool to recover the files you removed in the adware scan, restart, then see if your Sound works.

Also, what kind of sound card/PC do you have?
sadio8
12-12-2004, 10:49 PM
update your sound card drivers, re-install audio codecs, check for spyware.
Jonster
12-13-2004, 10:53 AM
Thanks for the advice, but they just started working again when I restarted the computer again :-\
Bad Company
12-13-2004, 02:11 PM
Nice one Jonster. :mad:
Jonster
12-13-2004, 02:35 PM
Actually I found out what's causing it just.
There's something running in my tasks list that's called "System"

Now this wasn't there before last night, and I tried to close it then with no success.
Booted up the PC (again) just and tried to close it, no more sound.

Not sure how to get rid of this because according to a search I did it's a spyware program thing.
Bad Company
12-13-2004, 05:46 PM
install adaware.

www.lavasoftusa.com
Jonster
12-13-2004, 05:59 PM
install adaware.

www.lavasoftusa.com (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)... and the only thing I can think of that could affect it is that the AdAware scan I ran made it go wrong.I tried running SpyBot as well.
Bad Company
12-13-2004, 06:01 PM
have you updated them to the latest versions?
Also, start the PC in safe mode when you scan.
Jonster
12-13-2004, 06:11 PM
I shall try that next time I start the computer :y:
DS
12-13-2004, 07:24 PM
Go to Start > Run > msconfig > Start Up tab > uncheck it