Fix Windows No System Sound and Audio Problem

Windows system does not gives you sound and audio suddenly or despite sound card or audio device is present and working previously? Windows XP, 2000, NT, 2003 or even Vista computers may lost Windows audio and system sounds output due to the mess on file system or registry that created or left by third party utilities after installation and uninstallation, or corrupted and missing codecs, a component necessary to decompress and decode media files so that can be playback by Windows system.

When the Windows no sound problem occurs, the symptoms include users do not hear any Windows system sound even though the volume control on speakers have turned on, and all audio mixers and EQs is not muted. Users cannot hear sound from mouse start navigation clicks, Windows startup sound, messenger’s user online or incoming message notification alert and etc. Even Flash video clips hosted on YouTube, Google Video, Dailymotion, CNet Video, MetaCafe, and etc will not output the sound, even though video playback fine without problem.

If you have no sound problem only on Flash objects (video on Youtube, Flash games and etc), try out the Flash no sound registry fix, especially on wavemapper registry key. Else if you try to uninstall and install drivers again, restore to previous system restore point, changing sound card or switch it to another PCI slot will not solve the no sound problem.

Here is a simple trick to fix Windows system no sound problem. The trick works by using a tool built into K-Lite Codec Pack.

  1. Download and install K-Lite Codec Pack version 3.3.0 Full from here or here, or choose other versions from more mirrors here. You can deselect most components that you don’t need, except Codec Tweak Tool under the Tools section.
  2. After installed, click on Start button, then go to All Programs -> K-Lite Codec Pack -> Configuration -> Codec Tweak Tool.
  3. In the Codec Tweak Tool window, tick the check box next to [Registry] Fix non-working system sound.

    Codec Tweak Tool to Fix Windows No Sound

  4. Click on Next button, and your Windows no sound problem should be fixed, and working as usual.

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38 Responses to “Fix Windows No System Sound and Audio Problem”

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  1. firman
    June 21st, 2009 15:16
    38

    Thank you very much..
    this solve my problem..
    i almost format my windows because of it..

    regards
    firman

  2. Davi Lucena
    June 17th, 2009 08:23
    37

    Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!!

    I have been looking for a solution all day long. Tried everything and (Thanks God) I found this blog.

    It worked marvelously.

    Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!!

  3. Pat
    April 28th, 2009 08:18
    36

    To any others like me who trawled online and tried every solution without success, I’ve come up with a fix. The wavemapper registry fix is soooooooo close!
    1. In Vista, switch off UAC (this step may not be necessary but was on the machine i was fixing)
    2. Get hold of anybody with a working Vista machine and ask them for their msacm32.drv file (in C:\Windows\System32 folder). U can gladly email me on zzadz@hotmail.com and i’ll send u mine.
    3. Copy their file into ur C:\Windows\System32 folder-if like me you already have a msacm32.drv fle that you ASSUMED to be working ok, rename the new file msacm32.1.drv
    4. Open regedit, go to LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\DRIVERS 32 and open the WAVEMAPPER key.
    5. Change the value to msacm32.1.drv

    This works straight away – i guess the msacm32.drv file is corrupt and Windows has no way of telling you.

    Please pass this solution on – i cant find it anywhere else on the net!

  4. MorbidBorg
    April 10th, 2009 19:56
    35

    This fix worked a treat for me. I had been trying to fix this problem for nearly 3 months. The only thing I might mention is the new version of the software automatically fixes the busted codecs and there is no longer an option in the menu.

    Cheers

  5. innaz
    March 29th, 2009 08:04
    34

    Have been trying to solve the sound problem for ages but this actually works…………i tried the adding msacm32.drv to my win32 which didnt work for me but worked for others, but this actually worked for me……..so thanks dude

  6. CodecGuide
    March 28th, 2009 22:46
    33

    The K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool is also available as a separate download.
    http://www.codecguide.com/download_other.htm#codectweaktool

    If the fix is invisible, then make sure you run the tool on an administrator user account.

    If the fix is grayed out, then it means that this particular fix is not needed. Your problem has some other cause (bad driver?) and will require a different fix.

  7. PHANI
    March 22nd, 2009 14:39
    32

    could not fix it because the registry box suggests that there is no problem

  8. TY
    March 15th, 2009 03:41
    31

    Same problem as Nat and kmm… What next? Help please!

  9. nite
    February 21st, 2009 14:59
    30

    Thanks bro! that was a great tip . it solved the problem instantly

  10. Chibisam
    February 9th, 2009 01:20
    29

    absolutely great!!!!

  11. mambro
    January 14th, 2009 13:42
    28

    I need to give a HUGE thanks for this gem! I too have been searching high and low for the fix to this HP laptop (dv9000 – dv9310us for others searching). I downloaded the newest version 445f, de-selected everything but the Tweak Tool… and as part of the install it auto-magically detected registry problems and asked if I’d like to fix them… AND IT DID! Now I get system sounds, YouTube, etc. Like others, DVD player made audio, iTunes made audio, but not the basics. I was *this* close to a complete OS re-image. THANKS AGAIN!

  12. kmm
    October 13th, 2008 15:28
    27

    Have same problem as Nat, no option under Fixes!

  13. Nat
    October 10th, 2008 07:42
    26

    There is no [Registry] Fix non-working system sound anywhere in the window

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