sound goes off and taskbar sound icon dissappears

[Guest]

my laptop is running windows xp home edition. it's packardbell, i bought it
recently and updated service pack 2. since then it plays music for couple of
minutes and sound goes off along with the volume icon on the taskbar. i tried
control panel - sounds - show icon taskbar, but it doesn't work until i
restart the comupter. i don't understand what could be wrong.. hardware or
software. if it's hardware then the sound icon doesnt' disappear all of a
sudden with out an error message. can anyone help. thanks in advance

 

[Bruce Chambers]

my laptop is running windows xp home edition. it's packardbell, i bought it
recently and updated service pack 2. since then it plays music for couple of
minutes and sound goes off along with the volume icon on the taskbar. i tried
control panel - sounds - show icon taskbar, but it doesn't work until i
restart the comupter. i don't understand what could be wrong.. hardware or
software. if it's hardware then the sound icon doesnt' disappear all of a
sudden with out an error message. can anyone help. thanks in advance

Try removing and reinstalling the device drivers for the audio
controller (sound card).


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[Gunther]

Did you say you get an error message? If you do or did, tell us more
details on that. Also check the device manager for any yellow question
marks next to any of the devices. To get there right click on My
Computer click properties. Click the hardware tab then click the
device manager.