No sound

[Juan]

My computer crashed and I had to backup my computer to its orginal way. I
used the cd that came with my computer to reinstal Windows XP pro and when it
was all done I didnt have any sound. The small icon that is usually at the
bottom of the screen in the toolbar wasnt there. I looked for the multimedia
audio controller and it had a yellow question mark.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Juan

 

[Galen]

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My computer crashed and I had to backup my computer to its orginal way. I
used the cd that came with my computer to reinstal Windows XP pro and when
it
was all done I didnt have any sound. The small icon that is usually at the
bottom of the screen in the toolbar wasnt there. I looked for the
multimedia
audio controller and it had a yellow question mark.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Juan

Start button
Run "devmgmt.msc" without the quotes
Enter
Left Click on the audio drivers (the yellow question mark)
Select update drivers
Let is search the web to see if it finds them

If it doesn't find the drivers automagically then go to either the sound
card vendor's site or the PC vendor's site and search there for the
appropriate drivers. They're usually in support/downloads.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

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