Re: Sound? What Sound?

Speakers are external hardware that have nothing to do with the OS in
any way. In fact they have little to do with anything they're plugged
into! They just make the sound they're given.
If your sound card is incompatible with XP and does not work, then it
doesn't matter what speakers you plug into it, you will get no sound.
Either get another sound card, or another OS.
Sorry.

Mike wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just upgraded to XP from Windows '98 ( post MS
> Blast virus) and have discovered that my valued speakers
> don't work anymore. Looking at Control Panel suggests
> that there are no audio devices listed, but the speakers
> didn't come with any hardware, so why don't they work. My
> soundcard is not XP compatible and so i am loathed to try
> and install it as Win 2000 and hope for the best.
>
> Any suggestions/ideas?
>
> Thanks.