Just setting up for PalTalk - hope to be there soon.

My settings in Paltalk setup are greyed out - no mic, speakers etc

I am running a PIII 1G Intel Board with SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio.

Windows media player says an error when trying to play a wav file.
Error ID = 0x80040256, Remedy ID = 0x00000000
This error indicates that you either do not have a sound card or it is functioning incorrectly.

Well, that's obvious :-)...

I seem to not have the correct s/w and patches for the beastie - my supplier is doing his best for an obsolete second hand giveaway machine...

My mic problem is that I have to have everything in the mic channel - all sliders - cranked up to max to get any mic input - I have the add 20db boost box ticked, and so obviously I am getting static.

Paltalk help online is limited in its intellectual endeavours ... :-)

I have been an amateur radio/hi fi/electronics hacker for 45 + years and a PC person since 1975 & worked as a PC systems person before Telstra gave my job to India :-) - also did years of light & sound in theatre - all obvious things have been checked...

My speakers are OK - Lansing.

Mic - Labtech DeskMic 534 (Mute)

Thanks for any thoughts

Robin