hey everyone!

are any of you running windows server 2003, and if so, do you have any problems with your audio?

i'm having a weird problem with my audio... it sounds like a dsp or something is turned on at all times and makes the left channel about 1/3 as loud as the right and it echos really bad

server 2003 is the only m$ OS that i have that problem in... 2k/xp work just fine

i've tried several different versions of audio drivers and they all do the same thing in server 2003

is anyone else having this same problem or something similar ??

if u are and have found out what to do to fix it, please respond

thanks all!

This is what I did to get the audio to work properly:

Click Start > Run > type services.msc & Enter > Look for the Windows Audio service > Double Click it > Set the Startup dropdown to Automatic > Press Apply > Now you can press Start > Click OK

Audio is now enabled in Windows Server 2003, That just leaves us to enable Hardware Acceleration for Audio in Windows (used for EAX and A3D)

Click Start > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > In the Speaker Settings section click Advanced > Performance tab > Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to Full > Click OK > OK

if it still does not work after this, you may need to install your audio drivers again!

Hope that helps

yea, i did all that as soon as i got 2k3 up and running

still having the echo/quiet left channel problem

i've done 3 or 4 fresh installs of 2k3 + did all full accelerating of video and sound as soon as i get booted into windows after install, and also used a different driver version each time with no luck of that problem going away

Oh!!! them steps worked for me, so I thought they would work for you ???

nope, unfortunately there's something else going on that's causing this problem and i have no idea what it is

i can't find anything about anyone having this same problem anywhere

What audio card are you running? I had no difficulties with my AC97 onboard, whatsoever. The Windows Audio service doesn't need to be enabled for sound to work, at least I didn't need to. It's more for sound schemes and stuff.

i have an EPoX board with Realtek AC97 audio integrated

i checked the sound manager program that installs with the driver to see if any environments were turned on, and it was set to None

still having the echo problem

well, it seems that the problem i'm having with the echo is only in winamp... anyone else have an echo or any other problem with winamp in server 2003 ?

I'm running Server 2K3 Enterprise, and audio is just fine. Following installation of the OS, I did need to enable the sound, as all sound by default is disabled. After enabling the sound, I then increased the performance to full acceleration and best conversation. The onboard AC'97 worked fine, as does the SB Live! I'm using now. For the price of a soundcard, I'd just buy another one and see what happens.

running 2k3 enterprise with audiophile 2496, no problems. Are you running the latest direct x? There is a lot of directx stuff that is disabled by default that you have to turn on in dxsetup or whatever that configuration utility is called even after its installed.

well well well... i just installed directx9a and the echo is now totally gone... the problem was still there with dx9, but dx9a seems to have solved the problem

i was trying to stay away from dx9 cause of all the bugs the first release had, but dx9a seems to be a little better

all is good in server 2003 land now, the echo is even gone from winamp 2.91

i remember seeing a couple posts where people were having problems with winamp 2.91 in server 2003, but it runs like a charm on here, it just had that bad echo with dx8.1

thanks for the replies everyone, much appreciated

case is finally closed