-- Hi dictionary2006 - Not knowing if you mean speaker output or computer
sounds, both are found in Control Panel>Sound. In "Playback" make sure
speakers are "Working".
"Sounds" has your computer sounds settings.
"Personalization" also has related settings. Good luck
Wayne L.


"dictionary2006" wrote:
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> all the conventional sound checks result in it looking like it works, but no
> actual audio output. sorry, i do appreciate your trying to help.
>
> randy
>
> "Roberto de Cornieille" wrote:
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> >
> > "dictionary2006" <dictionary2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D5F8C573-33D0-4804-869A-F10F3D01FC47@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > >I have a new laptop (72 hours)- my first computer ever. although i've had
> > > decent experience on many others, i can't seem to get any sound output. i
> > > got
> > > on the phone with compaq/hp tech support: they had me reinstall everything
> > > (Wind.Med.Plyr and OS) but to no avail. in the media player, the status
> > > bar
> > > of the sound rises and fall like it's working- but it's not. Any clues,
> > > information or help will be supremely appreciated. Thank you.
> > >
> > > Randy
> > > [email]dictionary.2006******.com[/email][/color]
> >
> > R/Click sound icon in the system tray [near clock]choose open from the
> > menu, check that sound isn't muted
> >
> > rgds
> > Roberto
> >
> >
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