Enable Sound Acceleration
1. Click Run in the menu Start, then type services.msc and click OK. Now the Services management console will open.
2. In the Services window scroll to the service Windows Audio and open it. In the Windows Audio Properties (Local Computer) window select Automatic as Startup type, click Apply, then click Start to start the Windows Audio service. Close the properties window by clicking OK.
3. Click Control Panel in the Start menu.
- If you are using the Modern View, click Sound in the Hardware and Sound category.
- If you are using the Classic View, doubleclick the Sound icon.
4. Select your default playback device and click Properties. Now go to the Advanced tab and uncheck Give exclusive mode application priority. Save the settings by clicking OK twice!
5. Import the regfile Prevent Stuttering Sound so you are not bothered by stuttering sound when you pc is a little busy.
Tags Server 2008 Workstation
March 15th, 2008 at 15:19
Maybe You should add to Your excellent guide that Win2008’s DEP-Setting causes Creative Audigy to fail partially (no appropriate mixer devices are created). DEP should be set to the same value as in Windows Vista. After setting it correctly everything installs just fine.
Arris: Thanks for the tip. The article about setting DEP to the same value as in Vista can be found here.
April 25th, 2008 at 15:08
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
May 16th, 2008 at 17:26
I have no sound also, anyone figure out a fix to this? It is on an intel board with 845 chipset. AC ‘97 also.
May 18th, 2008 at 19:39
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.
June 17th, 2008 at 16:57
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.
June 20th, 2008 at 22:21
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!
July 16th, 2008 at 17:41
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.
August 4th, 2008 at 18:17
Tim,
Thanks for the tip, that is exactly what I needed, and I’m glad I finally found it here in your insightful comment.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:05
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.
November 29th, 2008 at 21:38
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
December 15th, 2008 at 2:40
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.
December 18th, 2008 at 22:39
[...] a good recipe for doing this. I didn’t bother with the theme service.) I also enabled the audio service. While not typical things you would do on a server, they come in handy when you might be [...]
February 3rd, 2009 at 15:09
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?
February 15th, 2009 at 18:02
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?
February 20th, 2009 at 10:55
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.
May 27th, 2009 at 18:08
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?
June 4th, 2009 at 4:37
Thanks Tim for that bit on configuring the sound.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:38
(Now I read what Tom says)
14 is 20 in hex. If you’ll notice the default is 64 hex, 100 decimal.