System Restore will not work - Keeps saying incomplete

I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point since
last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the problem
is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages arrive
in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I have also
done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say repair all)
still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in msinfo32 and i
noticed it said there is no sound file.

Here is hoping for an answer today!

Cheers

"Scottishlass" wrote:

> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point since
> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the problem
> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages arrive
> in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I have also
> done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say repair all)
> still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in msinfo32 and i
> noticed it said there is no sound file.
>
> Here is hoping for an answer today!
>
> Cheers

Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
problems as well.
DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
(DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
another caller.)
Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
(DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
another caller.)
Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6 (Activating
the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
another caller.)
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The tests
were cancelled before completing.

Scottishlass wrote:
>> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point
>> since
>> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the problem
>> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
>> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages
>> arrive in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I
>> have also done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say
>> repair all) still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in
>> msinfo32 and i noticed it said there is no sound file.
>>
> Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
> problems as well.
> DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
> Display Tab 1: No problems found.
> Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> another caller.)
> Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> another caller.)
> Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6
> (Activating
> the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> another caller.)
> Input Tab: No problems found.
> Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The tests
> were cancelled before completing.

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup.

How is this related to Windows Update?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Scottishlass wrote:
> >> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point
> >> since
> >> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the problem
> >> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
> >> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages
> >> arrive in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I
> >> have also done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say
> >> repair all) still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in
> >> msinfo32 and i noticed it said there is no sound file.
> >>
> > Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
> > problems as well.
> > DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
> > Display Tab 1: No problems found.
> > Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> > (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > another caller.)
> > Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> > (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > another caller.)
> > Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6
> > (Activating
> > the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > another caller.)
> > Input Tab: No problems found.
> > Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The tests
> > were cancelled before completing.
>
> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
> posting to this newsgroup.
>
> How is this related to Windows Update?
>
> Windows xp home.

Sorry about that. God knows. This site is very confusing! Took me a while
just to find it even though i have used it before. So what kind of questions
do you ask in Windows Update??

"Scottishlass" wrote:

>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Scottishlass wrote:
> > >> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point
> > >> since
> > >> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the problem
> > >> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
> > >> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages
> > >> arrive in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I
> > >> have also done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say
> > >> repair all) still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in
> > >> msinfo32 and i noticed it said there is no sound file.
> > >>
> > > Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
> > > problems as well.
> > > DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
> > > Display Tab 1: No problems found.
> > > Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> > > (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > > another caller.)
> > > Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> > > (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > > another caller.)
> > > Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6
> > > (Activating
> > > the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> > > DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by
> > > another caller.)
> > > Input Tab: No problems found.
> > > Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The tests
> > > were cancelled before completing.
> >
> > Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
> > posting to this newsgroup.
> >
> > How is this related to Windows Update?
> >
> > Windows xp home. sp3
>
> Sorry about that. God knows. This site is very confusing! Took me a while
> just to find it even though i have used it before. So what kind of questions
> do you ask in Windows Update??

Begin a new thread here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsxp.general

Scottishlass wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Scottishlass wrote:
>>>> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point
>>>> since
>>>> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the
>>>> problem
>>>> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
>>>> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages
>>>> arrive in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I
>>>> have also done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say
>>>> repair all) still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in
>>>> msinfo32 and i noticed it said there is no sound file.
>>>>
>>> Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
>>> problems as well.
>>> DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
>>> Display Tab 1: No problems found.
>>> Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
>>> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
>>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
>>> by
>>> another caller.)
>>> Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
>>> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
>>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
>>> by
>>> another caller.)
>>> Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6
>>> (Activating
>>> the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
>>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
>>> by
>>> another caller.)
>>> Input Tab: No problems found.
>>> Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The
>>> tests
>>> were cancelled before completing.
>>
>> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
>> posting to this newsgroup.
>>
>> How is this related to Windows Update?
>>
>> Windows xp home.
>
> Sorry about that. God knows. This site is very confusing! Took me a while
> just to find it even though i have used it before. So what kind of
> questions do you ask in Windows Update??

No worries. thanks for your help

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Begin a new thread here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsxp.general
>
> Scottishlass wrote:
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Scottishlass wrote:
> >>>> I am trying to restore but it will not work. I have tried every point
> >>>> since
> >>>> last week and none of them will work. How do i find out what the
> >>>> problem
> >>>> is?? My wmp has lost sound since dl a corrupt file. I have sound when
> >>>> playing music but thats about it. I also dont get sound when messages
> >>>> arrive in my inbox and all that kind of stuff. Hope this makes sense. I
> >>>> have also done a registry clean. (I dont understand them so I just say
> >>>> repair all) still not fixed! I also checked that thing you type in
> >>>> msinfo32 and i noticed it said there is no sound file.
> >>>>
> >>> Thought I would add this in just in case you have an answer to my sound
> >>> problems as well.
> >>> DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
> >>> Display Tab 1: No problems found.
> >>> Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> >>> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> >>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
> >>> by
> >>> another caller.)
> >>> Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3
> >>> (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> >>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
> >>> by
> >>> another caller.)
> >>> Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: Failure at step 6
> >>> (Activating
> >>> the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because
> >>> DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use
> >>> by
> >>> another caller.)
> >>> Input Tab: No problems found.
> >>> Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: The
> >>> tests
> >>> were cancelled before completing.
> >>
> >> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
> >> posting to this newsgroup.
> >>
> >> How is this related to Windows Update?
> >>
> >> Windows xp home.
> >
> > Sorry about that. God knows. This site is very confusing! Took me a while
> > just to find it even though i have used it before. So what kind of
> > questions do you ask in Windows Update??
>
>