Smart Display: General Audio Troubleshooter (810292)

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• Windows Powered Smart Display audio does not work if a sound is playing on the host computer when you sign in.
  
  To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods:
  1. Turn off the audio program on the host computer, sign in to the Windows Powered Smart Display client, and then restart the audio program.
  2. Turn off the Fast User Switching tool.
     
     For additional information about how to turn off the Fast User Switching tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

     279765 HOW TO: Use the Fast User Switching Feature in Windows XP

• "Bring Sound to Client Device" does not supercede "Leave on Audio" under the sound settings for Windows Powered Smart Display. The sound stays on the host computer if an audio program, such as Microsoft Windows Media Player, is playing the sound and if you click Bring sound to Client device for remote computer sounds.
  
  To resolve this issue, restart the audio program, and then redirect the sound to the Windows Powered Smart Display. Sound Blaster Audigy software does not work properly with Windows Powered Smart Display. You must download an updated version of the Audigy software. For more information about how to download the latest version of Audigy, visit the following SoundBlaster Web site:

  http://www.soundblaster.com

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