No Audio Device

[Guest smlunatick]

On Mar 24, 2:28 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

> out.........Thanks Bob

 

You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

by XP. You should have a CD for the audio device.

[Guest PD43]

Re: No Audio Device

 

"Bob Vance" <rjvance@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug and play

>them?....Bob

 

No

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: No Audio Device

 

"Bob Vance" <rjvance@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message

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> Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug and play

> them?....Bob

> "smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:038059cc-475a-4fbd-bc88-bc44219aa597@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 24, 2:28 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

>> out.........Thanks Bob

>

> You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

> by XP. You should have a CD for the audio device.

>

 

It's not the speakers, it's the sound card, which may be part of the

motherboard.

 

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[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: No Audio Device

 

Bob Vance wrote:

> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

> out.

 

smlunatick wrote:

> You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

> by XP. You should have a CD for the audio device.

 

Bob Vance wrote:

> Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug

> and play them?

 

No - Windows XP does not contain the drivers for every piece of hardware

ever made in the past or future. The manuifacturer's of each product are

responsible for making their product work (or choosing not to make it work)

in each operating system that may exist at any point in time.

 

Having said that - your speakers (unless USB) are just 'dumb devices'. They

are not what needs the interface with the operating system (Windows XP) - it

is the sound card/sound hardware internally - where you plug the speakers

into - that needs the correct drivers installed into the Operating System of

your choice (Windows XP in this case) so that it can communicate properly

with the hardware (sound card) and in-turn, push the sound to whatever 'dumb

device' (speakers, headphones, etc) you have connected to it.

 

As for what that driver is - we don't know - but you should. On your

receipt, open your computer, contact the manufacturer, look in your manual,

go to the manufacturer's web page for support on your model is something

like a Dell, IBM, HP, etc... and so on.

 

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[Guest smlunatick]

Re: No Audio Device

 

On Mar 24, 2:55 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug and play

> them?....Bob"smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:038059cc-475a-4fbd-bc88-bc44219aa597@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 24, 2:28 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>

> > I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

> > out.........Thanks Bob

>

> You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

> by XP.  You should have a CD for the audio device.

 

The speakes are just the "external" piece. They connect to the sound

card that is internal. The sound card must have its correct drivers

installed and then the speakers should work.

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

Bob Vance <rjvance@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

> out.........Thanks Bob

 

 

 

Hi - you're writing from the future.

[Guest Marko Jotic]

Re: Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

Re: Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:

> Bob Vance <rjvance@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

>> out.........Thanks Bob

>

>

>

> Hi - you're writing from the future.

>

 

a related question: Mine is set right at GMT-5 (he probably didn't set

his reference to GMT.) What I'm curious about is that some places get it

wrong. For instance Skype has me at GMT-4 with the right time, other

sites have me at GMT-5 but a hour off.

 

Is this because North America changed the Standard Time / Daylight

Savings Time timing and that we are out of sync with the rest of the world?

 

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Marko Jotic

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From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.

Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at

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[Guest Doug W.]

Re: Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

Re: Please fix your clock (was Re: No Audio Device)

 

 

"Marko Jotic" <Marko@mmct.net> wrote in message

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> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:

>> Bob Vance <rjvance@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>>> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are

>>> greyed

>>> out.........Thanks Bob

>>

>>

>>

>> Hi - you're writing from the future.

>

> a related question: Mine is set right at GMT-5 (he probably

> didn't set his reference to GMT.) What I'm curious about is

> that some places get it wrong. For instance Skype has me at

> GMT-4 with the right time, other sites have me at GMT-5 but a

> hour off.

>

> Is this because North America changed the Standard Time /

> Daylight Savings Time timing and that we are out of sync with

> the rest of the world?

>

 

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YES

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> --

> Marko Jotic

> "Common sense is anything but common".

> From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.

> Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at

> http://www.knifeforging.com/

[Guest ANONYMOUS]

Re: No Audio Device

 

There are no drivers for speakers and you don't need any for them.

However, you do need drivers for your sound card which is capable of

emitting the sound via your speakers. If the controls are grayed out,

then this suggests that either the speaker connections are the wrong way

round or that your sound card isn't recognized by the OS. Have you

checked in the device manager to see everything piece of equipment is OK?

 

 

 

Bob Vance wrote:

>Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug and play

>them?....Bob

>"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

>news:038059cc-475a-4fbd-bc88-bc44219aa597@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

>On Mar 24, 2:28 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>

>

>>I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

>>out.........Thanks Bob

>>

>>

>

>You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

>by XP. You should have a CD for the audio device.

>

>

>

>

[Guest Bob Vance]

No Audio Device

 

I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

out.........Thanks Bob

[Guest Bob Vance]

Re: No Audio Device

 

Thanks but there just a pair of speakers shouldnt WinXp just plug and play

them?....Bob

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:038059cc-475a-4fbd-bc88-bc44219aa597@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

On Mar 24, 2:28 pm, "Bob Vance" <rjva...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> I load windows XP but in control panel all my options are greyed

> out.........Thanks Bob

 

You need to install "drivers" for most hardware that is not detected

by XP. You should have a CD for the audio device.