:( i have flash player 8 on win xp home and everytime i try to play a flash
movie i get visual but no sound. i have tryed reinstalling and have tryed it on
3 different internet explrers. ive turned off firewall and all that jazz any
ideas?

Same thing happened to me. I did the following things, with no results. my
soundclick isn't working.

the last time i remember, i didn't have any adjustments to my computer. except
clean out some spyware for my computer. and also i encoded some avi files, with
dvd2vcd program, and other programs. but these things are unrelated. i see
nothing wrong, but some how when i play the streamed audios.

it would just not play. like the song title, and everything would show up, but
the play button doesn't work.

1) i already got macromedia stuff installed before this even happened.
2) nothing is wrong with my soundcard, all my mp3's thats saved on my computer
is listenable.
3) nothing is wrong with my IE, mozilla's settings. because i reset it all.
4) the only problem is buffering files. ex. soundclick, myspace, and etc.
5) tried to reinstall, update windows, scan virus, and spyware.

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/...essage.id=25265

^^^
similar situations was listed in that link. but none of those suggestions
worked.

I have the same problem,

i cannot do "system restore" because i have this problem such a long time.
Is there an solution yet for the "no sound in flash" for windows xp/ explorer
& mozilla? I really need this to work.

Regards,
Jack.

Finally !!!!!! And so simple.....

It was Registry problem.... caused by clean-up with Spayware Doctor.
Nothing to do with hardware.
So if Flash sound AND System sounds don't work here is the solution....

Get K-Lite Codec Pack 2.69 Standard
h**p://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

Install Package and then go to

**/K-Lite Codec Pack/Configuration/ and Run "Codec Tweak Tool"
tick "Fixes / [ Registry ] Fix Non-working system sound "
Run tool...

AND ..... system sounds are back and Flash sound is back......

Kinda sucks this been going on for a while and there's no concerte solution from the Macromedia...