Hello dl65,
I'm glad you said "Please come back again anytime".
Cause following on from
8 viruses found, unable to delete. Topic.
Reply #26 - Jun 6th, 2006, 10:58pm
Mark for removal
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE .
I have since found out, having no sound, that ALCMTR.EXE is part of
my Realtek audio files.
The emachines 5250 Computor I have has a Realtek Audio chip.
It looks like ALMCMTR.EXE was part of the process in delivering sound to the headphones.
The web page at
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/intel-hdaudio/intel-hdaudio.html Shows the Realtek sound manager, The very first diagram of the Realtek sound manager (coloured in shades of blue) just under heading of "Control panel". (Slightly scrolling down)
The very first one with all the eq slider knobs and that.
Clicking on it gives a much bigger picture. at
http://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/intel/hdaudio/shot2.pngI have found the only way to activate my sound is to go to "Control Panel", click on "Sound effects manager" and when it openes click on the 6th button on the top of that picture. the one called "Audio Wizard". then this picture appears
http://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/intel/hdaudio/shot3.png And the sound can be heard. It is then activated.
Isn't that a strange thing!. by pressing that button, "Audio Wizard" the sound is then activated.
A total fluke that I found that!.
Alcmtr.exe is described as "Realtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor" and is currently located at C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield allong with 12 other files.
The Realtec Sound Manager used to load up at start up, in the little task bar thing next to the clock at bottom right of screen.
I think somehow entering O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE into HJT has disabled it from running. And has turned off the sound until the procedure, (by chance found) above is gone through.
I dont know where to turn.
Ideally, I'd like the Realtec control manager to "Come on " at start up like it did.
And all the sound to work from start without going through the above.
I of course haven't a clue how to bring this about.
Maybe if the ALCMTR.EXE is put back into O4 - HKLM\..\Run: the whole sound thing will automaticly work again.
It "sounds" a bit of a sod to fix,
In the list of drivers for the realtek driver in control panel "sounds and audio devices"
there is
C:\WINDOWS\ALCMTR.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\ALCWZRD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\RTLCPL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
and 11 others.
The top one being the one that HJT got its hands on.
ALCMTR.EXE is still in the C:\WINDOWS location it hasn't been deleted.
Any ideas on how to fix it please,
I'm a bit buggered up with it. Isn't it a strang thing.
Many thanks.