Audio Problems with Windows Server 2003

This post help you to troubleshoot sound problems with windows server 2003, If you Install Windows Server 2003 and getting Audio problems with your Windows Server 2003 and finally some Accessibility software features may not work properly.

It happening in following cases

1.A sound driver may not installed. windows server 2003 includes limited list of driver
2.Sound may be disable, By default.

To fix this issue follow the steps given below

1. Use Device Manager to verify that your sound device has a driver installed. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
3. Expand Sound, video and game controllers, and then verify that your sound device is listed.
2. If no sound device driver is installed, use Microsoft Windows Update to see if a driver is available.

Note Windows Server 2003 may disable the Microsoft Dynamic Update Service. To manually see if Microsoft Windows updates are available, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
3. After you verify that you have the correct sound driver installed, you may have to enable the Windows Audio service. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. In the Services Management Console, double-click Windows Audio service.
3. In the Startup type list, select Automatic, click Start, and then click OK.
Note By default, this step applies to all versions except Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition.