Lost all sound

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out of the blue the sounds on my computer just stopped. system restore does
not date back before the problem started. I don't know how to begin to solve
this problem, please give suggestions on what I should do. btw, dxdiag shows
that all DirectX is working properly. Help!
jhona
Cats rule!
 
jhona said:
out of the blue the sounds on my computer just stopped. system restore
does not date back before the problem started. I don't know how to
begin to solve this problem, please give suggestions on what I should
do. btw, dxdiag shows that all DirectX is working properly. Help!
jhona
Cats rule!
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What is your soundcard hardware? Look in Device Manager (from the System
applet in Control Panel under Hardware). Is there a yellow exclamation
mark under the sound category? Does anything appear for sound
hardware? Are the speakers on and plugged in properly?

We need more information about your computer in order to give you
focused troubleshooting.

Malke
 
If you have Real Player installed, open it and check it's not set to
Mute.... for some unfathomable reason it overrides the main volume settings.
Took me forever to find that one when I did it!
 
Cari said:
If you have Real Player installed, open it and check it's not set to
Mute.... for some unfathomable reason it overrides the main volume
settings. Took me forever to find that one when I did it!
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Thanks, Cari! That's a useful little nugget to know.

Best regards,

Malke
 
Malke said:
What is your soundcard hardware? Look in Device Manager (from the System
applet in Control Panel under Hardware). Is there a yellow exclamation
mark under the sound category? Does anything appear for sound
hardware? Are the speakers on and plugged in properly?

We need more information about your computer in order to give you
focused troubleshooting.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
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Cari (MS-MVP) said:
If you have Real Player installed, open it and check it's not set to
Mute.... for some unfathomable reason it overrides the main volume settings.
Took me forever to find that one when I did it!
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