Download a driver for your sound card.
check the sound card driver from device manager..
1. Make sure you installed a driver for your sound card. 2. Make sure your speakers are plugged in.
Find out which sound adapter you have, and download a driver from the PC (or sound card) manufacture website. PS: some drivers can be not available because of age.
You need to find vista compatible driver for you sound card. Try first the motherboard manufacture website. If it did not work use google.
In Windows operating systems, sound effects including the "welcome tune" may be disabled, enabled or changed from the Control Panel. The exact label and location of this function varies with the different versions of the Windows operating system; under Windows 7, it may be found under Appearance and Personalization, then under the sub-heading Personalization, then Change sound effects.In the Sound dialog, the 'welcome tune' can be found under Windows/Windows Logon. The Windows Startup sound can be disabled from the same dialog.
To get the Windows 98 shutdown noise that resembles a giggle, you can search for the sound file online, as it is often available for download. Look for "Windows 98 shutdown sound" on sound effect websites or forums. Once you have the file, you can set it as a custom sound on your computer or use it in multimedia projects. If you want to experience it on an actual Windows 98 system, you may need to find an emulator or an old computer running that operating system.
If you have so called a non-standard sound card you have to have sound drivers especially for Windows Server 2003 because it's a server operating system and doesn't include drivers even for very popular brands.
The 2000 GMC Sonoma has four speakers with the standard sound system. An upgraded sound system came with six speakers.
Because Windows 7 does not support your sound card. Try to find drivers for your sound card compatible with vista (x32 or x64 depending what you have). And install the driver for Vista. You can choose compatibility mode to the driver too.
You need to get drivers for your hardware if you reinstall the operating system. Go to the manufactures website and download chipset, audio, video, and peripherial drivers for your system, and install them.
You could call the operating system thwarting process between input and output. It inputs your commands from keyboard, mouse and voice etc. Then outputs sound from speakers and light from the monitor.
This sound is called a Chime wave file. And is heard when you start up Windows 7 program. It is a trademark sound of windows.And can be heard every time your system is rebooted.