Comments on: Enable Sound Acceleration

By: Ravi

Ravi — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:39:05 +0000

Thanks a Ton Bud. worked for me

By: Sikandar Ali

Sikandar Ali — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:37 +0000

Thanks very much mate. You rock

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Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation! | What’s UP — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:31:02 +0000

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By: Bryan Price

Bryan Price — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:38:41 +0000

(Now I read what Tom says)

14 is 20 in hex. If you’ll notice the default is 64 hex, 100 decimal.

By: Bryan Price

Bryan Price — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:37:28 +0000

Thanks Tim for that bit on configuring the sound.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:08:36 +0000

The default SystemResponsiveness is 100. It looks like your reg tweak will set it to 14? Is that correct?

Or does your tweak make it the Vista default of 20?

By: JordanN

JordanN — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:55:52 +0000

If you are having no audio
– with a RealTek integrated audio card,
– and your headphones / speakers are plugged into the front jack
– and your audio works when they are plugged in at the back

try disabling Front Panel Jack Detection in the RealTek HD Audio Manager. Click on the Folder icon in the main screen, on the right side, under the Advanced Settings link. Check “Disable front panel jack detection.”

Take all of your volume settings down to a reasonable level. Try your audio program again.

By: Mattias

Mattias — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:02:24 +0000

I have the same issue as Kevin. Did the stuff on the audio page and at first I got sound, then after a reboot I lost the audio device (speakers?) and now I ony got SPDIF device which I can’t use =/ Does anyone know how to fix this?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:09:30 +0000

I have server 2008 running on HP DV4-1275mx with no audio from speaker but headphone works. There are 2 playback devices, Digital Output Device (HDMI) and Headphones. There is no speakers device. What did I miss?

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Full of I.T. : Kevin’s Demo World – Part 1 – My Foundation — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:39:18 +0000

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By: Kal

Kal — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:40:00 +0000

I found audio was choppy/stuttering… it turns out that Windows 2008 uses different priorities for task scheduling…

The following registry entry is set to 100 in Win2k8, where it is set to 20 on Vista.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\SystemResponsiveness

See: http://nerdfortress.com/2008/03/12/using-windows-server-2008-workstation-audio-stutters/
And:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684247.aspx
for more details.

Arris: Thanks for your explanation! This tweak has already been added to the Registry Tweaks page and a link to the tweak in step 5 of the Enable Sound Acceleration article.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:38:29 +0000

I’m posting this here, if you have problems with sound you could try this registry hack.
Right click > Merge.

What it does is what a Microsoft employee described on a forum.

I don’t think it can harm your computer, but use at your own risk.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=888b1c2d0bcc93b1d2db6fb9a8902bda

By: eLiNK

eLiNK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:05:21 +0000

Neither did I have any sound.

Sound acceleration and the like were enabled.
All drivers were correctly installed.
No problems were to be identified in the device manager.

The funny thing it all worked AFTER I connected headphones to my laptop.

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:17:09 +0000

Tim,

Thanks for the tip, that is exactly what I needed, and I’m glad I finally found it here in your insightful comment.

By: vmlinuz.exe

vmlinuz.exe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:41:28 +0000

I recommend against changing the DEP settings (I also recommend not to buy creative but hey . You could at least add an exception to the faulty image so the other programs are still protected. I’ve had to do that for printer drivers :p

Arris: You are right about that! From a security perspective it’s better to leave it enabled. However, if you get the ‘DEP Problem’ with many applications/games it’s more simple to just disable it at all.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:21:54 +0000

Sometimes people may want to use Remote Desktop Connection to their WS2008 box and have the audio redirected to the system from which they are remoting. By default, WS2008 comes with the ability to redirect the audio over RDP disabled. Here is how to enable audio redirection:

start > run > tsconfig.msc > rdp-tcp > properties > client settings > uncheck audio > ok

You need to logoff/logon to enable this change.

tim

Arris: Didn’t know this trick! Thanks for your comment, Tim!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:57:04 +0000

I also have no sound :[ Arris: You can create a topic in the Drivers Compatibility section at the Forum with information about the hardware and OS you are using.

By: Brent

Brent — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:39:08 +0000

To anyone reading this, if you have this problem, load the motherboard driver for the audio in xp and it should now say Intel Integrated audio in device manager. Update the driver to the one on the intel cd and you should be all set.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:26:28 +0000

I have no sound also, anyone figure out a fix to this? It is on an intel board with 845 chipset. AC ’97 also.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:08:57 +0000

Followed all the instructions here, modified DEP, still can’t get my AC ’97 audio working. The driver installed, the mixer is working, but no sound