Failed to play test tone

When ever I try to play any sound, nothing happens. When I go into the control panel and double click on the “sound” icon, it shows my speakers. And when click on my sound device or speakers, and hit test, the message I get it "failed to play test tone".
Now for some background.
1. I had a different soundcard that was doing the same thing, but I thought maybe it just "went bad", so I bought a new one. I’ve installed it with no problem.
2. Yes, all the drivers are up to date. I've run Windows update numerous times and I've double checked the driver version against the one on the manufactures website - they are the same. Everything is up to date.
3. The device manager can see my speakers/sound card and it says its working.
4. I started out on another forum "Media foundation development - Re:Vista/No Sound/Failed to play test tone" and read the whole thread, did everything it told me to, and I even e-mail Microsoft to get a hotfix. I installed the hotfix, to no avail. Nothing has changed, my sound still does not work.
5. The posters/answers at the above thread said they weren't really audio experts and were directing everyone to this thread.


Please help.
Chris

Goto the following key in registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
à
SOFTWARE à
Microsoft à
Windows à
                                    CurrentVersion
à
MMDevices à
Audio à
Render à
{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} à
FxProperties
In the right hand side of the registry window
change the value
of {1da5d803-d492-4edd-8c23-e0c0ffee7f0e},5
(value type is REG_DWORD) to 1 (one) instead of 0 (zero).
INCASE YOU DON'T FIND THE ABOVE MENTIONED KEY UNDER fxproperties,
PLEASE CREATE IT BY YOURSELF. (COPY & PASTE
{1da5d803-d492-4edd-8c23-e0c0ffee7f0e},5
TYPE
IS REG_DWORD AND PUT VALUE 1
The audio start working at the moment you change the above
value !!! (even before closing the registry editor).
Thanks & regards
Deepak & Kabeer.
Doha-Qatar.
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Hi,
Thanks for posting in Microsoft TechNet Windows Vista Forum.
Upon your description, I see that you have done a lot of research and tests. Unfortunately, none of these troubleshooting works.
Based on my experience, this issue related to "failed to play test tone" can be related to several reasons. It also includes hardware defect. I am confusing why Dell confirms that the issue is related to Operating System. Could you let me know what operation Dell had troubleshot with you?
Meanwhile, here I just provide more troubleshooting except what you performed. If it doesn't work, I may also need to recommend that you contact Dell for support.
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2)     Click Restore on the left pane.
3)     Choose Basic Restore.
4)     Follow the wizard and click Next.
5)     If you would like to restore everything in the backup, we can check the box “Restore everything in this backup” on the top of the window.
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à
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à
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