Something I found in earlier versions of Windows, but this version did not
do to me, was that my sound 'card' was listed in the Device Manager as
'Unknown', with a question mark, and so - no sound. Deleting the entry and
reinstalling the drivers invariably fixed it (aside: was pleasantly
surprised when did not need to do this for Vista)

Random thought, perhaps, maybe...

R.

"Wayne L." <enyawnodnolOBVIOUS********.com> wrote in message
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> -- 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...
>> > >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]
>> >
>> > 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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