volume control

Clarifications

To display the volume icon in the taskbar notification area, you must select the "Place volume icon in the taskbar" check box in Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices applet. If, when you try to select this check box, you receive the error

Error
Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume Control program has not been installed. To install it, use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

you need to copy the sndvol32.exe image from your commercial XP/2000/ME installation media (not a vendor-supplied "recovery" CD-ROM) to the system32 folder by performing the following steps:

1. Start a command session.
2. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive by typing

:

3. Navigate to the i386 folder by typing

cd i386

4. Expand the sndvol32.ex_ file by typing

expand -r sndvol32.ex_ %systemroot%\system32

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

You may want to try reinstalling the driver and rebooting a couple times. I'm not sure how ME is setup since I've tried to avoid it, but there may be a setting in the device properties in the device manager, or in the multimedia control panel applet. If you find the proper setting then change it even if it seems to be set correctly (and then change it back). As a last resort you may be able to run the volume control manually, or install a 3rd party application.