Hi,

I am  new (today) and I have a problem  re Sndvol32.exe

From my internet research, it seems that this problem happens a lot - but the many discussions I have read come up with as many 'fixes'

1. With Windows XP - (Dell Dimension 5150 Computer) my volume icon on the toolbar at the bottom right of the screen no longer loads - so the icon for the slide volume setting is missing

2. I  went to start ..control panel..speech sounds audio devices...sounds & audio devices....properties...volume
it says NO AUDIO DEVICE and the device volume panel is 'greyed out' so no boxes can be accessed to place volume icon back in task bar.

3. I checked Media player for volume and CD's/DVD's  work fine  - but there is no YouTube or Mic Volume to use Skype to speak with my son who lives abroad - so a real problem here.

4. Researched and searched for programme Sndvol32.exe. on my computer - it found 'slider' icon labelled sndvol32    in c:|i386  136KB 
 

Not sure what to do next given I  have sndvol32  in c:|i386  136KB on my computer anyway.  
I scanned it  with AVG, in case infected, and it came up okay. Trouble shoot wizard says all is okay & that I have audio, so puzzled about this as cannot work out what to do.

 Can I re-run  somehow? or re-set system back a couple of weeks prior to it disappearing?

Also if I bought a sound blaster plug in - would this provide on-line sound independently of my sndvol.32 problem?

Hope you can help

Thanks

Jumilladave