Consider the following scenario:

• You install hotfix 960044, hotfix 959458, or the latest service pack on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You connect the computer to a multimedia device over a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection.
• The HDMI input on the multimedia device does not support the Windows Media Audio Pro (WMA Pro) format, the DTS audio format, or the Dolby Digital format.
• DTS Audio, WMA Pro, and Dolby Digital are not selected on the Supported Formats tab in the Sound item in Control Panel.
• You play media files whose audio is encoded in the Windows Media Audio Pro format, the DTS audio format, or the Dolby digital format.

In this scenario, you cannot hear any sound from the multimedia device.

After installing a new sound card, you enable Stereo Mix in the Sound properties dialog box from the Control Panel.

On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you have a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) device that is connected. However, the Sound dialog box in Control Panel may display duplicate items for the same device, or the Sound dialog box may not display any items for the device.

This problem occurs in one of the following scenarios:

• You resume the computer from sleep or from hibernation.
• You toggle between the laptop screen and an HDMI TV screen.

Consider the following scenario. You install or upgrade to Vista SP1 on a system with an HD Audio card. You open Sound from Control Panel, and click on any Playback or Recording device listed. You then click the Properties button, and navigate to the Levels tab.

Consider the following scenario. You install or upgrade to Vista SP1 on a system with an HD Audio card. There are no devices plugged into the input or output ports on the HD Audio card. You open Sound from Control Panel, and click on any Playback or Recording device listed. You then click the Properties button, and navigate to the Levels tab.

You use dialer.exe to dial a voice phone call. You can hear the recipient of the phone call, but they cannot hear you.

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When a print job is printed successfully on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer, the “Print Complete” sound is not played.

Note: The “Print Complete” sound is specified in the Sound Control Panel item.

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• TechBlog: Comin’ at ya automatically: Windows Vista SP1
  SP1 has begun flowing through Windows Update. Only machines that are ready for SP1 will get it (machines with bad drivers won't get it), and distribution will be spread over the next few months.
  (tags: SP1 Update )
• Vista SP1: Terminal Services /console switch no longer working – Rick Strahl’s Web Log
  If you use Terminal Services, you should be aware of this change.
  (tags: Command Switch Terminal )

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