Error message: '...the volume control program has not been installed...'

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hi ppl. ive been browsin' this site a bit lately and think its pretty awesome as far as getting all those little dell mysteries sorted out heheheh. but anyway ( forgive me if theres already a topic on this, i may just not be a proficient searcher ) but my confusion is:   when i go to say, control panel > audio devices > adjust system volume; and try to either 'place volume icon in the taskbar' or change the volume for recording, it gives an error message like ' windows cannot display the volume icon in the taskbar because the volume control program has not been installed. to install it use add / remove programs'  also, the advanced features are greyed out and i cant even click them. my sound works other than that, and i ony realized this issue while following a tutorial on how to record in hypercam with sound...   am i missing a driver? what program is it asking for? and where do i get it? ive been to creative support, but i know the dell card isnt the same as the retail one. so i dont wanna install a driver for that. and i cant seem to find anything certain on dells site, and i know its not asking for a microsoft program lol... is it??

europa303 · Answer

Presuming this is the original sound card supplied with the 4550 you could try reinstalling the Dell supplied driver for this sound card, which is available here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R69382&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4550&servicetag=&os= WW1&osl=en&deviceid=1249&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&fileid=90207

All drivers for the 4550 are here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4550

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