every time I try to listen to anything on my computer I can't hardly understand the words because there is such a bad echo.
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Your speakers make be too close to a cam with a mic?....  There should be an adjustment on your speaker icon (accessories in windows).  Try turning it down with the slider and see if it makes a difference.  Also try plugging in a pair of earphones and see what it sounds like.  If it sounds OK from the earphones, it definitely is your speaker setup or maybe the speakers themselves.
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listen to the radio..you have a computer you can listen online!
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goto the view menu- enhancements- show enhancements - click on now playing- click the arrow until you see the graphic equalizer and adjust that until it sounds right. thats all i can think of. also check what you have windows media players volume set on and what it is set on your computer speakers. that might affect the sound too.
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if your using windoves media player the wow setting could be set to echo
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Try going to Control Panel and adjust the sound settings
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it depends on the processor speed, the amount of ram, and if you listening or watching streaming audio or video, it depends on internet connection. you could try to update your sound and video drivers, those are the most common
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It is probably your speaker plug not being fully plugged in, either at the computer or at the speakers.  Sometimes moving them around or some inadvertent tugging of the wires causes them to unplug just enough to disturb the situation, and sometimes, just general atmospheric gunk gets on them.  Also check to be sure the sound card, if you have a separate card, is fully seated in its port.
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Look on the tools bar, and see if changing the sound option there helps...;
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It sounds like it may be your speakers that are the problem   if you have them up really loud and/or the treble/bass is really high turn that down   also if you have a mic pluged into your PC unplug it or mute it   also make sure the cable going from your PC to your speakers doesn't have any breaks in the wires anywhere   if possible get new speakers    also sometimes things around your speakers will rattle and shake when they're on making a staticy scratchy sound sometimes
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Go to the Control Panel, and pick Sound & Audio Devices.   You should see a checkbox that says "Show sound Icon on Task Bar".  Just check that box. \n\nLose everything?   OK, let's work harder to prevent that. \n1.  Locate your WIndows or Restore disk.  \n2.  Locate every program disk that you installed on your computer.\n3.  Make backups of your data regularly. \n\nSomeday, your poor computer WILL die.  Be ready to restore Windows, the programs and your precious data.   Don't hate your computer because you got caught off guard. \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing.
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The worst has to be a .wav going around AOL chat years ago.  It's presented like a song (!), rather dramatically.  Here goes:\n\n"I'd rather clean \nall the bathrooms\nin Grand Central Station\nwith my tongue\nthan spend\none more minute\nwith you!"\n\nEWWWW!  \n(Worse yet, I think I still have the .wav somewhere on old CD Saved Files.  I reckon it's time to track it down and erase that thing!)
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most speakers on your computer also have a volume control, as well as the player your using to play what ever it is your trying to make louder.\nyou also have a control for your computers settings, click on the small speaker looking thing next to your clock.\ncheck all 3, I bet you have at least one turned way down, if your using windows media (get something else it sucks) often it plays default at 50% volume until you change it.
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I plugged my computer into an old stereo system and now the walls vibrate. I have to lock the door to keep my wife from killing me when I crank up Ozzie and Crazy Train. It's not your sound card, I have a standard card in my puter. You need an amplifier and better speakers, both are costly. Best Buy will have a system for around two hundred dollars. A word of advice; get it anyway you can, it is just so much more fun!!!
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It's most likly the sound card drivers...Have her go to the manufactures site who made the computer and look for download drivers /software
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what kind of computer? I had the same problem with my HP laptop and i had to go to www.hp.com and get the right driver for my sound card, it is easy. let me know if you need more help. my yahoo ID is doc_tyrone. Good luck!\n\n\n-Doc-
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Assuming that your speakers are on, and that you're not on mute, I have one suggestion for you......\n\nSometimes when I'm watching a video, I'll turn the volume on the video player down.....and if I forget to turn it back up, that same thing happens to me. Call up your player and turn the volume to "max". I bet that will give you your sound.
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Try going to the site where the sound card is from and downloading all applicable drivers for the speakers.  You will probably have to unplug the speakers, download the drivers, then restart the computer and plug the speakers back in.  Maybe your sound card took a crap on you and you need a new one.  Or... a virus is eating through your computer and it started there.  You should probably just take it to a computer tech and let them work out the kinks.  Or go to walmart and buy a new computer for $500.00