Everytime i try to voice chat on yahoo messenger or try to make an internet phone call on my laptop with windows xp, i have this message that states "the computers audio mixer cannot be initialized", resulting in breaking up of the voice that i hear from the other end. can anybody please help me solve this problem??

Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously? Any new hardware and or software?

From searching this appears to be a Yahoo issue. The only advise I've come across is to upgrade your sound device and or its' drivers.

Did these voice features ever work on this laptop?

What is the make and model? The manufacturers website should have the latest drivers.

thnx jephree. no this is not a new problem.i have never been able to voice chat on my laptop and also while using the internet calling card to make a phone call. i havent installed any new hardware or software. my laptop make is fujitsu siemens amilo pro v2045.

amilo pro v2045

Downloads results AMILO Pro V2045

Audio (Onboard) [AC97 - AD1986 + ICH6]

SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio

http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/c...downloads.html

Go thru the path: Notebooks > AMILO Pro > AMILO V Series > AMILO Pro V2045

There are also wireless drivers there (if relevant).

I have the same problem with yahoo chat on a new eMachine 3502, I have done about every thing I know to do. I can hear others in voice, but they cannot hear me.

my probelm was not Realtek or Yahoo, but new machine came with firewall setting and I had to make yahoo an exception to firewall and click mic boost under advanced options in mic under sound controls. Everything great now. I still get the error, but I ignore it.