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I am having a problem with the SoundSystem. It doesn't start when I start the game and then it changes to Silent Mode. This is the log:

Starting up SoundSystem...

Initializing LWJGL OpenAL

	 (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see [url="http://www.lwjgl.org"]http://www.lwjgl.org[/url])

AL lib: (EE) MMDevApiOpenPlayback: Device init failed: 0x80070490

AL lib: (EE) MMDevApiOpenPlayback: Device init failed: 0x80070490

Error in class 'LibraryLWJGLOpenAL'

	 Unable to initialize OpenAL. Probable cause: OpenAL not supported.

	 ERROR MESSAGE:

		 Could not locate OpenAL library.

	 STACK TRACE:

		 org.lwjgl.openal.AL.create(AL.java:151)

		 org.lwjgl.openal.AL.create(AL.java:102)

		 org.lwjgl.openal.AL.create(AL.java:201)

		 paulscode.sound.libraries.LibraryLWJGLOpenAL.init(LibraryLWJGLOpenAL.java:164)

		 paulscode.sound.SoundSystem.CommandNewLibrary(SoundSystem.java:1576)

		 paulscode.sound.SoundSystem.CommandQueue(SoundSystem.java:2572)

		 paulscode.sound.CommandThread.run(CommandThread.java:121)

	 ERROR MESSAGE:

		 Could not locate OpenAL library.



Starting up SoundSystem...

Switching to No Sound

	 (Silent Mode)

I have the OpenAL DLLs installed, LWJGL 2.9.1. and the most recent version of JAVA. My OS is Windows 7 32-bits.