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sigh. Windows Audio service won't start
i'm using a p5b deluxe motherboard with on-board sound.
my sound was working when i installed se7en, but i had the speakers in the wrong port. fixed that.
the very next reboot, i get a red x over the speaker icon in the system tray. when you mouse over it, it tells you that "the Audio Service is not running." when you left click on it, it tries to fix the problem by starting Windows Audio service. it can't. i'm not suprised. if you right-click on the icon and choose a device to look at, the sound window comes up from the control panel. under both playback and recording, there are no devices shown. instead it says "No audio devices are installed".
now, i think this is the biggest clue: when you go into services, Windows Audio's status is blank, and, strangely, the Startup Type is set to Automatic. all three other dependant services are turned on ( Windows Audio Endpoint Builder, Plug and Play, and, i'm pretty sure, RPC Endpoint Mapper ).
k, when you right-click the Windows Audio service, it starts to, breifly, turn on but quickly shows an error message saying,
"Windows could not start the Windows Audio service on Local Computer.
Error 1079: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process."
the same up-to-date drivers are running as before.
i've tried several times to reboot, uninstall and reboot, roll back and reboot, and update and reboot concerning the drivers for the sound device.
i have even unplugged the speakers and turned off soundMAX's help program.
i'm lost.
please and thanks.