I can set the realtek hd audio to 2 channel stereo and then the sounds will work but if I try to set realtek to 5.1 stereo, I can hear all the windows sounds, all other programs provide sound when necessary, but avast update, virus, etc make no sounds.
I can go to my vista sounds manager and play all windows default sounds, but when I click on the avast entries, there is no sound. I can even go to the actual sound file *.wav and it will open and play when clicked on.
Seems the avast entries placed into vista are not set up correctly to play anything but 2 channel sound. Since the avast sounds are hear in 2 channel mode and not 5.1, but when played as a wav file, they work.....avast must be setting up entries to play in windows sound only in 2 ch mode.
I really don't don't want to un-install avast and do it again.....(once I do this, avast has good chance of either crapping my os or making my connections very slow)
I looked in the registry file for some avast sound link but could not find it. That is the approach I want to take....just direct avast sounds to play correctly.
