lost volume control

[merlin]

my grandson (bless his cotton socks, before i strangle him) using xp premium ,has somehow deleted the volume control off the taskbar, and all the slider controls etc in control panel.

i tried to use a xp disk and "sfc /scannow" but it keeps saying it requires some dll's off the second disk of the PROFFESIONAL xp.

now i've had this before and there is a workaround, but i can't remember what it is, can anyone please remind me.

this is worth a karma to you , because it will get "trouble" off my back !!!!! (pure bribary)

[Rik]

Control Panel > Sounds and audio devices. Check 'place volume control on...'

[merlin]

thx rik ,tried that, whole dialoque box missing ,which is why i wanted to do sfc /scannow

[Rik]

Can you do a system restore?

[merlin]

rik, no , the problem started before the earliest date in system restore,but he did'nt tell me, said he didn't want to look silly,
now you see why he's trouble !!!

[Rik]

The scan is not looking for the SP2 disk, is it? There isn't a second XP install disk, at least not on any of the three copies I have.

[Inactive]

The cure is, get hold of the culprit, strap him to computer chair, leave him there until he fixes it, no food, no water.

[merlin]

no it says it wants the second disk of xp proffesional to install some needed dll's

[merlin]

IN , why so mild a sentance , my thoughts are no where near so lenient. kids+computers= disaster

[Rik]

Does this help?

To display the volume icon in the taskbar notification area, you must select the "Place volume icon in the taskbar" check box in Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices applet. If, when you try to select this check box, you receive the error

Error
Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume Control program has not been installed. To install it, use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

you need to copy the sndvol32.exe image from your commercial XP installation media (not a vendor-supplied "recovery" CD-ROM) to the system32 folder by performing the following steps:

   1. Start a command session.
   2. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive by typing

      <cd drive>:

   3. Navigate to the i386 folder by typing

      cd i386

   4. Expand the sndvol32.ex_ file by typing

      expand -r sndvol32.ex_ %systemroot%\system32

[madasahatter]

Merlin, does it tell you which DLL(s) it needs?

If so, this may help you:

http://www.dll-file.com/

[Rik]

Nice link.

[madasahatter]

Yeah - used it a couple of times myself - can come in handy 

[madasahatter]

IN , why so mild a sentance , my thoughts are no where near so lenient. kids+computers= disaster

add "most women+computers=disaster" to that - certianly true in the case of all the women I know, though obviously not in the case of the lovely ladies on these forums - mwah to them all 

[Inactive]

, though obviously not in the case of the lovely ladies on these forums - mwah to them all 

[Philip]

add "most women+computers=disaster" to that - certianly true in the case of all the women I know, though obviously not in the case of the lovely ladies on these forums - mwah to them all 

ohhhhhhhhhhhh! now you've really done it, mad, 

[Rik]

I'm just going off to the staff room - I'll leave Jill to deal with this. 

[madasahatter]

that's it guys - all abandon me just when I need most help 

[Philip]

that's it guys - all abandon me just when I need most help 

errrrm, dog needs a walk

[Rik]

that's it guys - all abandon me just when I need most help 

I think you've needed help for a long time, Mad.  

[Noreen]

Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.

George Carlin 

[Inactive]

Love it Noreen.. 

[madasahatter]

I think you've needed help for a long time, Mad.  

you could well be right there Rik - no doubt somanyholes will agree with that diagnosis when hes around too 

[madasahatter]

George Carlin 

Nice quote Noreen - shouldn't it be the other way around though? 

Ok - I'll get my coat and leave straight away 

[somanyholes]

i wish i lost the dll's for your volume control mad