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Vista No sound (Audio service is not running)

Started by albert6500 , May 01 2011 04:10 PM

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albert6500

Posted 01 May 2011 - 04:10 PM

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It began with the Vista startup sound not working, now there are no system sounds and I cannot enable the audio service. There is a red x by the speaker icon in the taskbar. Moving the pointer over the icon reveals a message "The Audio Service is not running". When I attempt to enable it a message appears; "Failed to start the Windows Audio Service" appears. Some functionality will be unavailable". Then I get error 1059. "Windows could not start audio service on local computer. Circular service dependency was specified". On boot up I also have a message saying the ATI graphics driver is missing or improperly installed. The entire system is very slow and erratic.

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Xyhper

Posted 02 May 2011 - 12:54 AM

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Go on your start menu and type services.msc. Scroll down to Windows Audio, and try to enable that by clicking start service.

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albert6500

Posted 02 May 2011 - 09:03 AM

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Thanks for the reply. When I tried enabling from there the following message came up: "Windows could not start the Windows Audio Service on Local Computer. Error 1059 Circular service dependency was specified"