audio(voice)

[midnight_ride]

hello iam new here because i dont know much about computors i hope someone can help me.
my problem is my voice for chat wont work because it says the audio is being used in another program. how can i find out which program and fix this problem ty for any help anyone can provide

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

I used to get this error when I only had a half duplex sound card, do you know what model of sound card you have?

(you can find it in control panel, system the driver manager section)

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

OK, as you stated in your PM, it's an AC97 codec, Which I would assume is full duplex

Have you tried closing programs one at a time and see which one resolves the problem.

Sorry, I use Win2k, and it doesn't have issues with using multiple channels.

Also, things should be left in the threads as it helps others who search for a similar problem.

[midnight_ride]

well ty again for responding iam not sure on what u mean on closing programs but i will try to do this iam a computor retard lol

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

Computers are not always simple, and in the world of Windows, Errors are quite cryptic (i mean how hard is it to say what program is using it)

Ok, I'm assuming you are using Windows 98/me (since I have yet to see this error in Win2k/XP).

If you press Ctrl-Alt-Del simultaneously you will get a list of programs that are running, from there you can end programs, the only ones required to run the system are explorer and systray, keep eliminating tasks until you audio works, and make note of which was the program that was using the audio.

[midnight_ride]

thank you again i remember i did a update it was directx 9.0 for gaming now do u think it could be possible this is using my audio and i went back and i cant uinstall this either

what sound card are you using?

is this a prebuilt system by compaq, gateway, dell.....

[midnight_ride]

its a compaq but it has been updated new motherboard and hard drive motherboard is from mainboard

[midnight_ride]

its C-media AC97

[midnight_ride]

well its fixed i found some files in my pc from someone 168 of them dont know how they got in there or who this person is but i deleted them all and worked so if just a coincident who knows not me but ty all for helping