Microsoft Kernel Audio Driver gone no Sound

[snipes95]

hey everyone,

well the other day IT re-installed windows on me and after completion I had no audio, I checked the device manager and it showed that microsoft kernel audio driver had an yellow exc. mark. So I looked for a fix and never found one. IT removed the driver and tried reinstalling but no luck, tells us that the driver can not be installed.

So after more searching i came to driverguide for the last resort fix. I downloaded MESoundFix.exe this has the reg file to fix all the audio kernel devices in windows. I'm running XP,

so I double click the SWMEFix.reg that was inside the exe and well I get this error. "ERROR ACCESSING THE REGISTRY"

So I can't even access the registry to fix this issue, can anyone help? that would be great, I'm missing my audio. here is what the reg key looks like inside maybe there is an issue.

I run a P4-3.2 ghz XP machine

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{97EBAACC-95BD-11D0-A3EA-00A0C9223196}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{97EBAACC-95BD-11D0-A3EA-00A0C9223196}\{53172480-4791-11D0-A5D6-28DB04C10000}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{97EBAACC-95BD-11D0-A3EA-00A0C9223196}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0004"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Streaming Clock Proxy"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{96E080C7-143C-11D1-B40F-00A0C9223196}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{96E080C7-143C-11D1-B40F-00A0C9223196}\{3C0D501A-140B-11D1-B40F-00A0C9223196}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{96E080C7-143C-11D1-B40F-00A0C9223196}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0005"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{A7C7A5B0-5AF3-11D1-9CED-00A024BF0407}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{A7C7A5B0-5AF3-11D1-9CED-00A024BF0407}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{A7C7A5B0-5AF3-11D1-9CED-00A024BF0407}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0006"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel System Audio Renderer"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00
"Serial"=hex:6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{EEC12DB6-AD9C-4168-8658-B03DAEF417FE}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{EEC12DB6-AD9C-4168-8658-B03DAEF417FE}\{ABD61E00-9350-47E2-A632-4438B90C6641}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{EEC12DB6-AD9C-4168-8658-B03DAEF417FE}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0007"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel DRM Descrambler Filter"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{6C1B9F60-C0A9-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{6C1B9F60-C0A9-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{6C1B9F60-C0A9-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0008"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{B7EAFDC0-A680-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{B7EAFDC0-A680-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{B7EAFDC0-A680-11D0-96D8-00AA0051E51D}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0009"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel Audio Mixer"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{2F412AB5-ED3A-4590-AB24-B0CE2AA77D3C}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{2F412AB5-ED3A-4590-AB24-B0CE2AA77D3C}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{2F412AB5-ED3A-4590-AB24-B0CE2AA77D3C}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0010"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{8C07DD50-7A8D-11D2-8F8C-00C04FBF8FEF}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SW\{8C07DD50-7A8D-11D2-8F8C-00C04FBF8FEF}\DMUSIC]
"Capabilities"=hex:b0,00,00,00
"HardwareID"="SW\\{8C07DD50-7A8D-11D2-8F8C-00C04FBF8FEF}"
"ClassGUID"="{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"
"Class"="MEDIA"
"MediaDriverNewInstall"=dword:00000001
"Driver"="MEDIA\\0011"
"Mfg"="Microsoft"
"DeviceDesc"="Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer"
"ConfigFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[Bulldog882240]

I have a similar problem, but on my home machine. any body have any useful help to give?

[Jerry K]

Please state if your audio device is add-on or integrated. If integrated then what sound chipset does it have and what is the motherboard brand, model, and bios id string? Also, state what driver/version your using and where you got it.

[uerik]

I know this is an old thread but I came across it and then fixed my problem so for the purpose of helping all here's what worked for me.

Open your Device manager

under the "sound, video, game controllers" category there may be a device with an exclamation mark. Double click on this device.

On the screen that pops up click on the "details" tab. highlight the LOOOOOOOOOONG number and then click "reinstall driver"

Hope that helps the rest of you.

[neildlb]

I have experienced a similar error where there was a yellow exclamation point on the Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device.

I was convinced that it caused the missing audio output from my pc.

What I did was re-install the drivers for Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device:
1. Go to Contol Panel
2. Double-click on System
3. Select the Hardware tab and them click on Device Manager
4. Click on the View menu item and then select Show Hidden Devices
5. Go to the Sound, Video and Game Controllers Group and locate the tagged Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device
6. Right-click and then choose Update Driver
7. When asked to connect to Windows Update, choose "No, not this time" and click Next.
8. When asked what you want the wizard to do, choose "Install from a list of specific location" and then click Next.
9. Insert the OS Installation CD on your CD drive.
10. When asked for the search and Installation options, choose "Don't search..." and click Next.
11. When asked to select the device driver that you want to install, highlight click on the Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device and then click Next.
12. After the driver is installed, let the OS restart for it to take effect.

By the way, the Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer driver will also be installed along with this driver.

I have done this on my Windows XP SP2 OS.

Try to verify the resolution of the device driver. If the install is successful and there is still no audio, try re-installing the specific drivers for your sound card.

Hope this helps...

[est1984]

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because there is a duplicate device already running in the system. (Code 42)

i got this error message under microsoft kernel acoustic echo canceller and microsoft kernel audio splitter, please help

[origamiuk]

I have the same problem - anybody have any help???!!