SoundMAX audio no longer loads under Office 2007 install?

[JVRudnick]

Hey...
I've upgraded from OfficeXP to Office2007 and am only "SLIGHTLY" enjoying
the experience....I've had many many issues with formatting etc etc....

But the most recent item I now see, is that my computer's sound card, a
SoundMAX card, will no longer load at all. It's not even present in the
normal dropdown in Start > ControlPanel > Sounds & Audio Devices > Audio for
me to even enable etc? When I try the Sounds tab, and then try to play say
Asterisk -- the PLAY button never lights up for me to test things
either....sigh

When I click on my XP little tray icon, I now get an alert that says that
"Digital output is taken by another application..."

When I try to play an mp3, I get WindowsMediaPlayer opening and then saying
" can not play the file becuase there is a problem with your sound device..."

??? WTF?

Can some offer here a bit of help? And yes, I've updated the drivers for the
card, restarted like 20 times and have tried everything I know to get the
dang card to play sound. And it wont!

What is now wrong?

Jim

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've upgraded from OfficeXP to Office2007 and am only "SLIGHTLY"
enjoying the experience....I've had many many issues with formatting
etc etc....

But the most recent item I now see, is that my computer's sound card,
a SoundMAX card, will no longer load at all. It's not even present in
the normal dropdown in Start > ControlPanel > Sounds & Audio Devices
then try to play say Asterisk -- the PLAY button never lights up for
me to test things either....sigh

This is not likely an Outlook problem. Have Windows redetect your devices.