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No audio in XP? posted: Jul 6, 2009 4:37 PM

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Mohseni310
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Jul 6, 2009
I'm currently running Windows XP Professional using Fusion 2.0. I installed VMware Tools and everything is working great. The only problem is the sound. I've tried countless FAQs/tutorials and I've read some discussions. Unfortunately they were no help to me. My sound card is connected. My audio is turned on. I've tried disconnecting and connecting, and restarting the VM. So far, nothing. Any idea?

Computer specs:

iMac (Late 2007)
2.0 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
3 GB of ram

OS X Leopard (10.5.7)

Re: No audio in XP?

1. Jul 6, 2009 10:36 PM in response to: Mohseni310
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SAS47vmw
7 posts since
Jul 6, 2009
I just started having the same problem. Does anyone out there know what is going on? Was there a recent upgrade or download from VMware or Microsoft that killed audio? I am running XP on a partition on my Intel based Mac.

Re: No audio in XP?

2. Jul 7, 2009 8:27 AM in response to: Mohseni310
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WilliamReid
81 posts since
Jun 29, 2009

Why don't you try updating tp the latest 2.0.5 version of Fusion?

You can download it at this URL. http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/

Re: No audio in XP?

3. Jul 7, 2009 10:01 AM in response to: WilliamReid
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SAS47vmw
7 posts since
Jul 6, 2009
Hi William, I already have VMWare Fusion 2.0 - any other suggestions? Should I upgrade to 2.05?

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4. Jul 7, 2009 11:30 AM in response to: WilliamReid
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SAS47vmw
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Jul 6, 2009
I did as you suggested, installed VMware 2.05 - in turn I installed VMware Tools - and then opened and selected audio and voila! Many thanks.

Re: No audio in XP?

5. Jul 7, 2009 11:30 AM in response to: Mohseni310
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SAS47vmw
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Jul 6, 2009
I did as William Reid suggested, installed VMware2.05 - in turn I installed VMware Tools - and then opened and selected audio and voila!

Re: No audio in XP?

6. Jul 7, 2009 11:31 AM in response to: WilliamReid
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SAS47vmw
7 posts since
Jul 6, 2009
William,

I did as you suggested, installed VMware2.05 - in turn I installed
VMware Tools - and then opened and selected audio and voila! Many
thanks.

Steve

Re: No audio in XP?

7. Jul 7, 2009 4:03 PM in response to: WilliamReid
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Mohseni310
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Jul 6, 2009
I installed 2.0.5, then I opened up my vm and I still had no audio... I went to "about" and it said i still had 2.0.

Re: No audio in XP?

8. Jul 8, 2009 5:25 AM in response to: Mohseni310
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WilliamReid
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Jun 29, 2009

Hi there,

If your upgrading to 2.0.5, I would make sure that all Guests are completely shutdown and that Fusion is not running. It never hurts to take a backup of your guest VM's as well while your at it...

After the upgrade your guest Windows install will most likely let you know that the tools need upgrading.

Wiliam

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