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Troubleshooting Windows Vista
Nikhil Rastogi, May 04, 2008 1121 hrs ISTHere's what the expert has to say about your Vista-related issues
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What's wrong with Vista? Whenever I start my laptop from sleep/hibernation, I can't hear any sounds on the computer. I have to restart the computer, which really defeats the purpose of putting the computer in sleep/hibernation mode.
This is a known issue with Windows Vista and luckily, Microsoft does have a fix available on their site, which was released in 2007. Regular updating of Windows Updates fixes this. I recommend you run Windows Update. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
The problem is that Windows Vista cannot start an HDA device (high definition audio or a modem (in some cases) when it wakes up from sleep or hibernation.
Microsoft had released a previous fix, which apparently did not fix the problem, and so they have released another updated fix "to fix the fix"!
You can access the fix here on this page, under the article number 937077. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937077 Download the first listing for regular 32-bit Windows Vista, for those who have Windows Vista x64, the patch below that is for you. If you have no idea what your Vista version is, don't worry; just download the first one.
I listen to a lot of music and listen to it loud on my Vista machine. Sometimes when I'm playing music loud, suddenly Vista prompts for something with a loud sound, not only is it scary when listening to soft music but also irritating. Is there some way to make Vista stop that when playing music?
Yes and no. No because there is no way to tell Vista to turn off Windows sounds or stop prompting when a particular program such as a music player is playing. Yes because it can be done it very easily.
In Vista especially, Microsoft has included a unique way to reduce/turn OFF the Windows default sounds or any other specific program's sounds if the need be.
1. Just right-click the speaker icon, select Open Volume Mixer.
2. Here you may notice at least two volume controls; one is the master volume for overall Windows Volume, the other Windows Sounds.
3. Here you can mute the Windows Sounds by clicking the speaker icon. Now no Windows sounds should ever dare to bother you again when listening to music. About the prompts, they cannot be helped unless you are multi-tasking a lot. Just don't do anything else like downloading, surfing, copying, etc. when listening to music to tame the prompts.
For those that want to do the same on Windows XP here is the way. Vista users can do the same. Instead of cutting off the volume, why not just disable those silly Windows default sounds altogether!
1. Go to the Control Panel Start | Control Panel .
2. Now open Sound. Click on Classic View if you cannot see it.
3. Under the Sounds tab, select the scheme as No Sounds, in Windows XP, you will be prompted to save a scheme for Windows Sounds in case you want it back or you can simply just click No. If you are saving the scheme, give it any name. Click OK.
That's it for now but do check this space next week as there's more to follow.
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