Im dual booting with windows xp and ubuntu 7.04. On ubuntu sound seems to work, but with xp it doesnt seem to recognise my speakers, it just says 'no audio device' and in my device manager there is a ? next to multimedia audio controller. what confuses me is why it works on one and not the other.
I have two hard drives the old one used to have just xp and the sound was working fine as i remember.

Recommend deleting the device with the ?, then reboot.
This will force Windows to find the device again.
1. If still marked with a ?, then is the "multimedia audio controller" under the "Sound, video and game controllers" heading?
2. If not, what is the heading?
3. Do you have a sound card? If so, what is the make/model?

the mutlimedia controller is just under 'other', after removing it and attempting to reinstall it still no sound. but, it moved from other to "Sound, video and game controllers". it had trouble installing the driver, insufficient resources to complete installation. would the xp cd have the 'multimedia audio controller' driver on it, or is there another way around it. I have a legacy sound card. dont kno model.

Hi ange1os, welcome to the PCHF.

I suggest going to Microsoft Update and doing a Custom update, selecting all critical, software and hardware updates. This should sort you out with your drivers and give you all the latest fixes for windows.

well anyway if you can see anything wrong with this, heres my logfile, i dont kno what this will acheive, but maybe i have other problems, if you wouldnt mind giving it a look over.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:23:01 PM, on 7/07/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
F:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
F:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
F:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
F:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 2007\pccguide.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\carpserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\FixCamera.exe
F:\WINDOWS\tsnp2std.exe
F:\WINDOWS\vsnp2std.exe
F:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
F:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe
F:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcCtlCom.exe
F:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\Tmntsrv.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\TmPfw.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcScnSrv.exe
F:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\usnsvc.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\tmproxy.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE
F:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PCCMAIN.EXE
F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PccHCMS.exe
F:\Documents and Settings\home\Local Settings\Application Data\Trend Micro\HCMS\tsafe\en-US\tgui.exe
F:\Documents and Settings\home\Local Settings\Application Data\Trend Micro\HCMS\tsafe\en-US\tgsvc.exe
F:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = ninemsn Search:
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = ninemsn Search:
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = MSN.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = ninemsn Search:
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - F:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - F:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - F:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - F:\Program Files\Windows Live Toolbar\msntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Windows Live Toolbar - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - F:\Program Files\Windows Live Toolbar\msntb.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] F:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "F:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] F:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] F:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] F:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] F:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = F:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = F:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Windows Live Search - res://F:\Program Files\Windows Live Toolbar\msntb.dll/search.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Windows &Live Favorites - Add to Windows Live Favorites
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://F:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Open in new background tab - res://F:\Program Files\Windows Live Toolbar\Components\en-au\msntabres.dll.mui/229?497c5f7a51414454982199e9d74700a5
O8 - Extra context menu item: Open in new foreground tab - res://F:\Program Files\Windows Live Toolbar\Components\en-au\msntabres.dll.mui/230?497c5f7a51414454982199e9d74700a5
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - F:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - F:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - F:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - F:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O12 - Plugin for .spop: F:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {1EF9F042-C2EB-4293-8213-474CAEEF531D} (TmHcmsX Control) - http://www.trendsecure.com/framework...ex/TmHcmsX.CAB
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...?1181813118562
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...?1181815157125
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - F:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Central Control Component (PcCtlCom) - Trend Micro Inc. - F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcCtlCom.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Protection Against Spyware (PcScnSrv) - Trend Micro Inc. - F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcScnSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Real-time Service (Tmntsrv) - Trend Micro Inc. - F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\Tmntsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Personal Firewall (TmPfw) - Trend Micro Inc. - F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\TmPfw.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Proxy Service (tmproxy) - Trend Micro Inc. - F:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\tmproxy.exe

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thank you.

As this is a driver issue, the log willl solve nothing unfortunately.
Can you please follow my suggestion in my previous post, and let me know if it works for you?