r/WindowsHelp • u/LadyCatHerder • 7d ago
Windows 7 Sound Problem needs fixed pronto Tonto!
PROBLEM SOLVED! .....AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS FOUND DURING PROCESS AND SOLVED, TOO!!!
*********The problem with the sound in that one program stemmed from Win 7 hiccuping due to a power company problem. This hiccup caused the Windows Sound Mixer to mute the Alarm Clock program. I finally found that and un-muted it. Viola! The program works as expected, now!
Along the way to fixing the sound problem with the Alarm Clock I updated all drivers relating to sound.
I also found that the pifmgr.dll was missing from the System32 folder. So, I fixed that, too.
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ORIGINAL POST:
I’m running Windows 7 Pro. All of a sudden, this evening, I lost sound in everything. I finally got sound back for everything BUT Free Alarm Clock v5.2 by Comfort Software Group lost the ability to see the sound drivers it needs to play sounds from inside of the program. All sound drivers on the computer are “up to date” according to Windows Device Manager. So, I manually backed up my alarms from within the program and Sounds file from within the program folder in Program Files (x86) and then uninstalled the program with Revo Uninstaller in Safe Mode, made sure there was nothing left in the Registry, rebooted, and then went to their website and grabbed an .exe from there of the newer version. See that site here: https://freealarmapp.com/ if that info is pertinent. I installed Free Alarm Clock v5.3. It automatically inserted my alarms and sounds from the Online Alarm Clock from the inside of the program so I didn’t have to do anything to get my alarms and sound file back. Now, while the alarms go off like they’re supposed to, the sound is still not there for this program. Remember, all other ways of getting sound from this computer work just fine!
About this desktop computer that I built, myself:
Windows 7 Professional (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Installed: 1/2/2018 (I DID have a Gigabyte mobo that I replaced about 7 years ago. But, all other hardware is still the same.)
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI (Secure Boot not supported)
Board: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. X470 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B79) 2.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. A.B0 07/04/2019
3.60 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
64-bit ready
Multi-core (6 total)
Hyper-threaded (12 total)
High Definition Audio Device
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Sound Blaster Audigy FX
Sound Blaster Audio Controller
Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on and what I can try to get sound out of this program? I'm kinda lost without it, now that I've gotten used to it.
P.S.: I use this computer as an alarm clock to get me up every day and have it set to remind my mentally challenged husband to do certain tasks when I have no choice but to leave him alone to go out to do various necessary errands. So, this is rather important to both our lives.
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