Could it be some of your sounds have been corrupted?

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833[/url]

SFC /scannow

"james" <james@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99EB78B3-DD9B-4FF0-8003-5F0BDA79932C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> ok, i am having a problem being able to edit my recording options. i go
> into
> the control panel and click sound. when that pops up I click recording to
> try
> and get to my mic but the whole window freezes up. Below is a screen shot
> of
> what I'm talking about. Is there a way to stop it from freezing?
>
> [IMG]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1441/untitlednu0.png[/IMG][/color]