Multi-channel Sound Manager

I also lost the multi-channel sound manager, but I got it back. I simply re-installed all of the drivers for the sound components. I did this by looking in the contorl panel, then clicking on Performance and maintanence, then clicking on the system icon, then under the Hardware tab, click on Device Manager. Then click on the + sign next to Sound, Video and Game controllers. From there, simply re-install the drivers for each item, and you should get it back.

Hi, Yes, This is a function of the sound driver itself. Windows doesn't
offer it by itself.

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Chris Lanier
"srichardl" <srichardl(removethis)@excite.com> wrote in message
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> I also lost the multi-channel sound manager, but I got it back. I simply

re-installed all of the drivers for the sound components. I did this by
looking in the contorl panel, then clicking on Performance and maintanence,
then clicking on the system icon, then under the Hardware tab, click on
Device Manager. Then click on the + sign next to Sound, Video and Game
controllers. From there, simply re-install the drivers for each item, and
you should get it back.

Does anyone know how to find, and or, reinstall the "multi-channel sound manage", somehow mine got zapped and I was rather fond of it. I do not know if it is specific to my computer, or if it is common with windows xp.
This computer is a" hp pavilion a320n". This is my backup computer until I can get back to windows second edition. Need a new mobo. I hope I don't get stuck permanently with this system. Windows xp is very nice, but I have lost so much program and hardware computability it is unbelievable. Does Xp wanta pay for that? Lots of nasty thoughts

"Johnnymay" <johnnymay7@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how to find, and or, reinstall the "multi-channel sound

manage", somehow mine got zapped and I was rather fond of it. I do not know
if it is specific to my computer, or if it is common with windows xp.

> This computer is a" hp pavilion a320n". This is my backup computer until I

can get back to windows second edition. Need a new mobo. I hope I don't get
stuck permanently with this system. Windows xp is very nice, but I have lost
so much program and hardware computability it is unbelievable. Does Xp wanta
pay for that? Lots of nasty thoughts

Check out this lot :

http://tinyurl.com/2qg3l

Did you check for XP specific drivers on the various manufacturers' websites
? If there are none, try using W2000 drivers, they may well help you out.
Try reading this article :

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Visit the software producers websites, sometimes they put out XP "fixes".

Cheers,
Jerry

problem is fixed. hp had a critical audio update and I used that, my problem vanished. I still do not know what caused the problem, I was down-loading many fixes and updates for XP from microsoft, I was very careful not to disturb the sound manager, but somehow it got zapped. HP loaded a bunch of silly programs in this machine and I was busy zapping them.
The good news is that the audio update gave me even more stuff to play with although it is not a sound blaster quality it is now very close.
Thank you for your help.