Did you ever find a solution? I have the same problem on Vista Ultimate.

"TJSlayer" wrote:
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> OK A FAIRLY NEW VISTA iNSTALL AND EVERYTHING CHESCK OUT OK
>
> But I have a very wierd sound issue...
> First of all I have used every driver currently available and it doesn't
> change anything...
> All updates are done
> Vista 32 Bit Ultimate
> Not 100% sure of when the problem started (Been busy moving pictures and
> files around)
>
> I DO get sounds in Movies, Messenger Live, Games, and Music
>
> I DON'T get sounds in windows destop (Starup, shutdown, Minimize, etc.),
> office, internet explorer (You tube for example)
>
> System Sounds are eneabled and everything checks out hardware wise....
>
> ANY Ideas??[/color]