Kind souls, A while back, both my Windows system sounds and audio for Flash videos (e.g., YouTube, news sites) ceased. I am able to play mp3 and wma files. I've reinstalled Flash, applied suggested registry fixes, and run the K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool (well, I didn't bother running this after downloading it because the "Fixes > Fix broken sound (Midi WaveOut) checkbox was grayed out, and "[no problem found]" was appended to the checkbox entry). I also reinstalled my SoundMAX Digital Audio drivers from my Gateway "Drivers" disk. Though many forum threads I've seen say this is a Flash Player problem, I'm thinking it's more likely solved by fixing the Windows system sounds problem than investigating Flash Player issues. I have no volume icon in the system tray. I tried the fix suggested (by Steve) in another thread of deleting system tray registry entries and hoping the missing icon would be there at my next reboot. If I don't solve this soon, I'm tempted to reinstall XP, but that will lose me all my apps, right? And it will lose me my filesystem unless I backup and restore, right? Thanks in advance. - Willie

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