Windows Sound System Sound Card Does Not Work in Windows Millennium Edition

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Related Information:

Music and sound help with Windows 7 (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/music-sound)
No audio in Windows Vista (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/no_sound)
No audio device error message in Windows Vista (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/no_sound)
Sound problems in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307918)

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SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows Millennium Edition, your Windows Sound System sound card does not work. Although Device Manager lists the device as working properly, there is no audio output.

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CAUSE

The issue occurs because the Windows Sound System sound card is not supported in Windows Millennium Edition.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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kbhardware kbprb kbsound KB254081

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