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"The Audio Service is not running"
This is the message I get when I hold my pointer over the volume symbol on my
taskbar. When I click on the symbol, the volume mixer is not available and when I click on one of the othe choices (playback devices, recording devices, sounds) I get a pop up message asking me if I want to enable the Windows Audio Service. I go through the whole thing and when I get to the sound window, it says the speakers are working and the microphone is working, but I can't hear anything and the volume symbol has an 'x' on it. When I go to see which services are running on my computer in the task manager, is says 'Audiosrv' and 'AudioEndpointBuilder' are stopped, and when I try to start the services, it says error. I have a Dell Latitude D630 notebook running on vista ultimate 32-bit,, have had it since August, and the sound has worked fine until yesterday. Any help? |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
I think my audiosrv.dll file is corrupted, I'm guessing that's the stem of
the problem, is there anyway to fix it? When I try to edit it, it says I don't have permission, even though I am administrator on the computer. Thanks "Feeta" wrote: This is the message I get when I hold my pointer over the volume symbol on my taskbar. When I click on the symbol, the volume mixer is not available and when I click on one of the othe choices (playback devices, recording devices, sounds) I get a pop up message asking me if I want to enable the Windows Audio Service. I go through the whole thing and when I get to the sound window, it says the speakers are working and the microphone is working, but I can't hear anything and the volume symbol has an 'x' on it. When I go to see which services are running on my computer in the task manager, is says 'Audiosrv' and 'AudioEndpointBuilder' are stopped, and when I try to start the services, it says error. I have a Dell Latitude D630 notebook running on vista ultimate 32-bit,, have had it since August, and the sound has worked fine until yesterday. Any help? |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
I have a similar problem - since 1.1.2008 the audio service is not running suddenly and I can't convince it to run. I open the "Sound" icon in the control panel and see that the sound card is properly installed and yet there is no sound and the same message apears. I saw on the Net that many people have similar problems, but Microsoft keeps quiet. Any authoritative idea of what to do? -- Thelonious |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
Hello Thelonious,
I actually fixed my problem I searched the discussion forum and came upon this thread: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...0-13a18639fa88 basically I had to replace my audiosrv.dll file with one from a pc with working sound. I'm not sure if it's just a quick fix, but my sound is working "Thelonious" wrote: I have a similar problem - since 1.1.2008 the audio service is not running suddenly and I can't convince it to run. I open the "Sound" icon in the control panel and see that the sound card is properly installed and yet there is no sound and the same message apears. I saw on the Net that many people have similar problems, but Microsoft keeps quiet. Any authoritative idea of what to do? -- Thelonious |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
Hi Thanks for the advice, but in my case it did not work - I replaced the audiosrv.dll file with one received from another computer but the problem still persists. Looking at various websites I feel that there is a variety of reasons for the audio service not working. Mine seem to be related to the expoiration of some permission that took place on 1.1.2008. I am comleletely lost now. I use the audio on my computer for a living and now it does not work for unknown reasons - I paid good money for the software and hardware and now it does not work. Microsoft does not even allow you to send them directly a request for help - they leave you out in the cold !! -- Thelonious |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
Check if the computer you got the file from runs on vista. When I did it, it
didn't work at first because the file was from a pc running xp. At the time I didn't think it made a difference, but guess it does. If that doesn't work out, I'm totally lost too, sorry I can't help anymore than this tidbit :-\ "Thelonious" wrote: Hi Thanks for the advice, but in my case it did not work - I replaced the audiosrv.dll file with one received from another computer but the problem still persists. Looking at various websites I feel that there is a variety of reasons for the audio service not working. Mine seem to be related to the expoiration of some permission that took place on 1.1.2008. I am comleletely lost now. I use the audio on my computer for a living and now it does not work for unknown reasons - I paid good money for the software and hardware and now it does not work. Microsoft does not even allow you to send them directly a request for help - they leave you out in the cold !! -- Thelonious |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
Hi Again thanks for being so helpful, but the file I got is from a Vistta computer - it is version 6.0.6000.16386 dated 11/2/2006 and it has 303 kb (the XP file is only 42 kb). I hope someone from Microsoft sees this discussion and intervenes with an answer. Thelonious Feeta;562608 Wrote: Check if the computer you got the file from runs on vista. When I did it, it didn't work at first because the file was from a pc running xp. At the time I didn't think it made a difference, but guess it does. If that doesn't work out, I'm totally lost too, sorry I can't help anymore than this tidbit :-\ "Thelonious" wrote: Hi Thanks for the advice, but in my case it did not work - I replaced the audiosrv.dll file with one received from another computer but the problem still persists. Looking at various websites I feel that there is a variety of reasons for the audio service not working. Mine seem to be related to the expoiration of some permission that took place on 1.1.2008. I am comleletely lost now. I use the audio on my computer for a living and now it does not work for unknown reasons - I paid good money for the software and hardware and now it does not work. Microsoft does not even allow you to send them directly a request for help - they leave you out in the cold !! -- Thelonious -- Thelonious |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
I have encountered the identical problem to that of the initial poster in the last week. I have tried replacing audiosrv.dll with one from my laptop (with working sound) but that did not work. I do not have a system restore point far enough back from when the problem began, so that won't work. I really am not interested in reinstalling Windows and all my programs. Does anyone have any other thoughts that might help? Bob -- drbob4248 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
It is not neccessary to reinstall any programs if you do an in-place
upgrade. This corresponds to a repair install in XP. While in Vista you insert the Vista dvd and click on Install Now. Proceed through the prompts, including providing your product key. You will reach the screen where the two choices, Custom Install and Upgrade Install, are presented (but Custom is ghosted). Click on Upgrade and your edition of Vista will upgrade itself to itself. This results in a clean reinstall of the OS without disturbing any programs or files. I suggest you turn off your antivirus scanner first, but other than that there are no gotchas. You will have to reactivate if you unchecked the box for "Activate when I first get on the internet." I think it is better not to activate until you have finished everything and are satisfied with the installation. Windows Update will need to download and install the updates from the past year, but that is no big deal. "drbob4248" wrote in message ... I have encountered the identical problem to that of the initial poster in the last week. I have tried replacing audiosrv.dll with one from my laptop (with working sound) but that did not work. I do not have a system restore point far enough back from when the problem began, so that won't work. I really am not interested in reinstalling Windows and all my programs. Does anyone have any other thoughts that might help? Bob -- drbob4248 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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"The Audio Service is not running"
Colin, Thank you for the reply. Fortunately (I think) I found a solution to my problem. I discovered a couple of other threads describing lost audio when using a Logitech Quickcam. I have a Quickcam Fusion, so I uninstalled it. The uninstallation did not resolve the problem. I then restarted the Windows Audio Service and Audio Endpoint Builder using msconfig. After a restart (still no audio but those services stayed running), I reinstalled my Quickcam and my sound was back. We'll see how it goes. Bob -- drbob4248 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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