The volume button is on the taskbar. It's not on mute. I have checked the settings. How come there's no sound?
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You can go to your control panel and click on your "Sound and audio devices" icon doing so will get you the "Sound and audio devices Properties" in this window go to the Audio tab in the top and see if any thing is listed under the default device if there is nothing listed try clicking the drop down menu but if you see the menu has been disabled that mean your sound card driver have been corrupted. If your sound card is an internal sound card inbuilt on your mother board then try using your mother board CD and install the audio driver... I think this will work. \n\nBest Of luck
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Step 1: Checking volume and mute settings:\n\nThe volume setting for one or more sound devices might be disabled or set too low. Use the following steps to adjust volumes to their correct levels:\n\nIn Windows XP, click Start, and then click Control Panel.\nIn Windows 98 and ME, click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel \nIn Windows XP, open Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sound and Audio Devices.\nIn Windows 98 and ME, open Sounds and Multimedia, and then click the Audio tab. \nIn Windows XP, click the Advanced button under Device Volume.\nIn Windows 98 and Me, click the Volume button under Sound Playback. \nRemove all checkmarks from Mute boxes at the bottom of the Master Volume window and adjust the volume setting slide bars to their highest positions. Close the Master Volume window and test for sound. If there is still no sound, go to the next Step. \n\nStep 2: Verifying the connections:\n\nUse the following steps to verify that the sound cables are properly connected from the speaker to the computer (cable connectors and plug assignments are normally color-coded to aid with connections).\n\nUnplug the sound cable. \nPlug headphones or one speaker directly into the speaker out connector on the back of the computer. The speaker out connector may have a symbol of a speaker \nor a circle with an arrow pointing out, or it may just say "OUT" next to it. Test for sound using the computer. If sound does not work, go to "Step 3: \n\nIf sound is restored when the headphones or one speaker is plugged in, replace the original sound cable with a new sound cable and test for sound. Sound should be restored after replacing the sound cable. If sound does not come back after replacing the cable, the sound card needs to be replaced because the speaker out connector is bad.\n\nStep 3: Configuring on-board sound in the BIOS:\n\nSome computers come with sound on the motherboard (on-board), and some computers use a sound card. The on-board sound setting in the BIOS has to be set according to your particular sound configuration. Perform the following steps to correctly configure the sound in the BIOS:\n\nLook at the back of your computer and use one of the following three items to determine the proper sound configuration and sound setting: \nIf the plugs for the speakers and microphones are located next to the parallel, serial, or USB ports, then the computer has on-board sound. The on-board sound setting in the BIOS should be Enabled. If the plugs for the speakers and microphone are located away from the other ports and sit in an area by themselves, the computer has a soundcard. The on-board sound setting (if there is one) in the BIOS should be Disabled. If the computer has sound plugs in both locations, a \nsoundcard has been added to the computer that already contains on-board sound. The on-board sound setting should be Disabled. To enter the BIOS, turn on the computer and when the first screen appears, press the F1 key repeatedly until the BIOS Setup screen opens. Use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to select the Advanced tab. Press the DOWN ARROW key to select Onboard Audio Options and press ENTER. If Onboard Audio Options is not available, select I/O Device Configuration and press ENTER. If Audio Codec is listed, select it and press ENTER. Select either Enabled or Disabled depending on your \nconfiguration and press ENTER. Press the F10 key and then press ENTER to save and exit Start Windows and check for sound. If there is still no sound, continue to the next Step.\n\nStep 4: Restoring the sound drivers\n\nUse the recovery process to restore individual drivers for a sound or combination sound-modem card. \n\nIf the computer came with recovery discs (Windows 98 and Me), place the last disc of the set into the top disc drive and follow the on-screen menus as they appear. Restart the computer after restoring the sound driver software and test for sound.\nIf there is still no sound, continue to
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You probably have windows update turned on. There is a bad audio driver upgrade out there. Roll back your driver to previous, then go to manual windows update, find the update and exclude it.
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Hi, Congrats for new sound card. \nAs u have purchased the new sound card the front sound jacks might not work. So what exactly u have to do is that u have to plug the sound speakers or headphones at the back of the computer tower in the jacks of new sound card. And just check the setting of the card. By default the microphone/headphones are set to mute.\n\nAll the best\n\nNikhil Chowdhary   \nTechnical Support Expert\nDELL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES,
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try this:\n\n1. go to CONTROL PANAL\n2. make sure you have CATEGORY VIEW on\n3.  click on SOUNDS,SPEECH AND AUDIO DEVICES\n4. on the left you should see a tab that says SEE ALSO\n5. click on ADVANCED VOLUME CONTROLS \nand see if you have anything on mute. unclick it and see if that works. \n:-)
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the problem is with your sound card on the motherboard or its driver!\n\nuninstall the sound card's driver from add or remove if its there and try to reinstall it from ur motherboard's cd!\n\nbest of luck!
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check cables, check overall volume on pc, and for creative labs for example there is a sound mixer with volume labels for different types of inputs\n\nStill not working?  Check for switch on speakers, are they plugged in\n\nStill not working? Bring up control panel -> sounds -> check mute button, check volume, click on a sound  like asterisk, hit play still no sound?\n\nFind a geek...
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Windows XP hides inactive icons from systray after some time. And thats what I think happening to you. If you want it remain visible always do this :\nStart > Control Panel \nDouble click on Taskbar and Start Menu icon in Control Panel\nUnder the Hide inactive icons frame, click on Customize. \nFind Volume control's entry in Current items and select Always Show as its behaviour.\n:P
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control panel --> Sounds and audio devices --> check the checkbox to add it to the system tray ( If its already checked , uncheck the box and then apply that and then check it again and re apply it and it should appear )
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Open up control panel and look around for speaker icons. Check all your settings for mute and volume.
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Plug in your speakers.  :-P\n\nRecheck all your settings, make sure nothing is muted.  Also make sure your sound card, if you have one, is installed properly and functioning.
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Check Recheck. VOICE is less. Mike not working. May be MUTE is on.So see sound system. ok
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I assume you are running XP..\n\n\n1) Click START-> Control Panel -> Sound and Audio Devices\n2) click on the 'sounds' tab.\n3) From there you can select the event and assign a WAV \n   to that event. =)
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First thing to check is that you didn't hit the mute button on your keyboard (if it has one)\n\nSecond thing, click on the little speaker icon on your system tray, and see if the "mute" button is clicked in any of the options.\n\nThird, check all connections with the speakers, if all seems well, try plugging the speakers in to something else to see if they're functional.  Also try plugging in some earphones to check the speaker plug.\n\nTry reinstalling the drivers, as well.
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Check and make sure your sound for the computer is on. If you are online, make sure the volume on that website is turned on. I have had similar problems. \nGood Luck
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Either double click on the speaker in the system tray (by the clock) or go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices. Under the Volume tab uncheck the Mute box and click the first Advanced (higer up on the window). Look to see if any mute boxes are checked.
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just set the volume to full and leave it there \ndont touch the volume knob again