Paul Wright Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 We have a laptop running 32 bit WinXP Pro used for projecting video at church. A variety of operators have to use the machine. A rare but annoying issue exists. Occasionally when the computer boots up, the sound card is not initialized. Everything appears fine until you try to show a movie or run a sound file, when precisely nothing happens. There is no error message, just no sound comes out. Those of us who have experienced it know to just reboot but new operators can be considerably flummoxed. It would be nice if there was a way to pop up a message when the sound card does not initialize. It takes maybe a minute before the sound icon pops up on a normal boot, so the test would have to be delayed for a bit. Anyone know a simple way, with a batch file or autoit maybe, to test for functional sound and display a message box onscreen if it isn't working?Hard to test, since it happens rarely.-----Paul----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 This could be due to having too many programs being loaded at startup. Windows tends to load programs in a random manner and it could be that. sometimes, sound gets to the bottom of the list.It is possible to arrange the startup order but this involves fiddling with the registry. If you're confident in doing this a Google search will tell you how to do it.It could be that there are just too many programs trying to grab Windows attention at startup which results in noticeable delays. A program like Startup Inspector http://www.windowsstartup.com/ will tell you what should or should not be removed from the startup list and gives you the means to do it. Use the program carefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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