[access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:17:37 -0000
You can still run the volume control panel directly, it is now "sndvol",
no 32 on the end in the search. Wow! What a VISTA Geek I am for
knowing that!
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Technical Support
Sight and Sound Technology
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Lara Green
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:04 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
Vista is lade out diferently. I was wondering as I am a vista user some
of
the time and find not being able to use sndvol32 irritating.
Lara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Logue" <plsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:19 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
> Hi Lara,
> Andy would have to have a run command option on his start menu to even
> consider that. If he does sndvol32 will probably still work, vista or
not.
> But Vista might be laid out differently.
>
> Peter Logue
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> Skype: clydeview2008
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of
> Lara Green
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:07 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
>
> Does anyone know the equivilent of
> sndvol32 for vista?
>
> Lara
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Logue" <plsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:18 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
>
>
>> Hi Andy,
>> Can I just offer one more suggestion? I'm going on the basis that the
>> computer is indeed booting into desktop but, as suggested by someone
on
>> the
>> list, the volume has been muted. If you can see this as a
possibility,
>> here's a fix. You have to do the following step by step exactly.
>>
>> Turn the computer on and let it do its thing for a good few minutes
or
>> until
>> we assume that it has booted into the desktop.
>> Now, do the following exactly.
>> Hit the windows key and touch the letter R. This will bring up the
run
>> dialog box.
>> Your focus will be in that box, so now.
>> type sndvol32 into the run command edit box and hit enter.
>> This will bring up the speaker volume control.
>> If we assume that the volume speaker control is now on the screen.
>> Now. Tab 2 times and then touch the spacebar.
>> If that checkbox has been checked, you should now have sound.
>>
>> Peter Logue
>>
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>> Skype: clydeview2008
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
>> Of
>> Andy Collins
>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:35 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
>>
>> Thanks Peter, I followed what you said, but unfortunately it didn't
work,
>> but I'll bear it in mind another time, for I can see how it's one
>> possibility -
>>
>> Andy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Logue" <plsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:31 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop not seeming to boot
>>
>>
>> | Hi Andy,
>> | My first guess is that you are stuck halfway through the login on
an
>> option
>> | that might be start windows in safe mode.
>> | If this is the case, What I'd do is give the computer a good couple
of
>> | minutes from turn on, then hit the enter key and sit and wait. If
your
>> | computer was sitting on the option to reboot in safe mode, it
should
>> | continue in that mode right into the desktop. You likely won't have
>> sound
>> at
>> | this point, But wait a moment or three and you can then try a
restart.
>> |
>> | Peter Logue
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> | Skype: clydeview2008
>> | -----Original Message-----
>> | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of
>> | Andy Collins
>> | Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:50 PM
>> | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> | Subject: [access-uk] Laptop not seeming to boot
>> |
>> | Hi all
>> |
>> | I'm using JFW in 40 min mode on my laptop, and things have been ok
>> until
>> | this morning.
>> |
>> | I now can't get the laptop to reboot, when I power on, I get no
sound,
>> not
>> | even the Vista tinkle tune, and of course, no JFW to tell me if I'm
on
>> the
>> | log on screen
>> |
>> | I've tried removing the battery, and I've checked if I've muted
sound
>> by
>> | inadvertently touching the touch pads above the function keys, but
I
>> don't
>> | seem to have done this, I'm pretty sure I'm not getting to the log
on
>> | screen!
>> |
>> | I can't get Narrator to run, and usually if I put a cd in the
drive, it
>> | would come up playing in WMP, but now the drive just spins up to
speed,
>> and
>> | then stops again.
>> |
>> | Any ideas please? Oh yes, it is plugged in too <smile> -
>> |
>> | Andy
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