Please help I have an impossible sound problem.

> Ok here is the deal for some reason I cant get my volume icon to appear on
> my taskbar. One day it just stoped showing up. Not only that but now the
> sound doesnt work on things like videos through websites like spiked humor
> and youtube which is really annoying. But my sound still works. I can listen
> to music and stuff with windows media play so I know my sound is working. I
> also noticed that when I log into windows it doesnt make that da da daaa
> sound anymore. What does that mean.
>
> I have literaly done everything and have read tons of things about this
> issue. My show volume icon on task bar has a check on it and im not telling
> it to hide any icons in the taskbar so that cant be it. I have replaced
> windows sound files and have made numerous changed to the rigistry. I go to
> msconfig and it says that syndvol.exe or what ever sound is called is on the
> startup. But for some reason when I restart my computer and look at what is
> running its not there! Why wont it start up. I also unistalled my sound card
> and reinstalled the drivers and evertying and it still didnt work.
>
> I have no idiea why this will not work. I do not want to reinstall windows I
> have too much stuff on my computer. There has to a way to fix this. If anyone
> can figure out this problem you are a freaking genius.
>
> Please somone help me!!!