MS Server 2008 R2 Sounds

In the previous blog we talked about enabling Wireless in Microsoft server 2008 , here is the way to  enable the SOUNDS too.

Article was pick from HowToGeek web site.

All it takes to get sound functionality out of Server 2008 R2 is to set the Windows Audio service to start up automatically. To do this we need to open the Services MMC, the quickest way to do this is to press the Win + R key combination to bring up a run box, type services.msc and hit enter.

Once the Snap-In opens scroll down until you find the Windows Audio Service.

Double-click on it to open its properties.

Now you need to change the Startup drop-down box from Manual to Automatic.

Click ok when you are done, and restart your computer.

You should notice that your volume control icon went from looking like this

To this

You can now play music and movies through Windows Media Player which was installed in the first part of the series, or you could install a third party media player.

Source:HowToGeek