Volume icon in taskbar......... :|

[rhitwick]

Hi guys..........I'm facing a strange problem..........
its not a show stopper........but its annoying................

The volume icon in taskbar is disappearing whenever I reboot system. After booting I go to control panel and add it again by selecting "place volume icon in.........", then it shows........but it disappears when I reboot again..........

Wat is it?? How to fix it??

 

[alexanderthegreat]

I'm not a g33k but I'll try to help . I'm not sure but check that the sound card driver is included(and ticked) in the startup list in msconfig. (Or perhaps in the services list?)

 

[Amir.php]

Seems sndvol32.exe file might be curruptd. follow these steps to recover it:
1. boot from xp CD and open the recovery console.
2. navigate to your CD drive by cd command.
3. navigate to i386 by cd i386.
4. expand sndvol32.ex_ as:
expand -r sndvol32_%systemroot%\system32
5. reboot.

 

[dhanusaud]

Seems sndvol32.exe file might be curruptd. follow these steps to recover it:
1. boot from xp CD and open the recovery console.
2. navigate to your CD drive by cd command.
3. navigate to i386 by cd i386.
4. expand sndvol32.ex_ as:
expand -r sndvol32_%systemroot%\system32
5. reboot.

+1 sndvol32 is corrupted. follow the instruction provided by amir.php.