Speakers not working.

T

Terry

My computer speakers (small ones) stopped working. Tried some new ones...
same problem..no sound. Could someone instruct me how to check the drivers
or sound card.
Thanks.
 
G

Guest

Outlook question? You should check to see if your speakers are muted. Go to
Control Panel, Sounds and go thru all the links--volume control will have a
mute button. If there's a speaker icon on the lower right, use that to get to
the controls. You should ask about this in the forum for your operating
system.
 
A

Another Brian

Terry said:
My computer speakers (small ones) stopped working. Tried some new
ones... same problem..no sound. Could someone instruct me how to
check the drivers or sound card.
Thanks.
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Have you check to see of the speakers have been muted? Check Control
Panel > Sounds and Audio Device Properties. On the Volume tab, is the
Mute box checked? Another thing to check is if your PC has a hardware
mute button. Many laptops have a button to disable sounds.

Brian
 
V

Vanguard

Terry said:
My computer speakers (small ones) stopped working. Tried some new
ones... same problem..no sound. Could someone instruct me how to check
the drivers or sound card.
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You can't manage to figure out that Outlook Express, Internet Explorer,
and Outlook have nothing to do with your speakers and yet you cross-post
to those groups. Yeah, bet you can't even figure out how to unmute the
volume control, turn on the power to the powered speakers, or turn the
volume control on those powered speakers, too. What a dufus!
 
J

John

You can't manage to figure out that Outlook Express, Internet Explorer,
and Outlook have nothing to do with your speakers and yet you cross-post
to those groups. Yeah, bet you can't even figure out how to unmute the
volume control, turn on the power to the powered speakers, or turn the
volume control on those powered speakers, too. What a dufus!
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We must be eternally thankful for people like you, Vanguard.
Presumably, there was never a time that you had questions about anything which
other people already knew, or a time when you were learning about the
intricacies of computers etc.

Remember, there are no such things as dumb questions, but there sure are dumb
answers. (See above)

However, you must feel imminently qualified to put people in their place, and to
call others names. Do you realize that you only belittle yourself?

Have a great day!

John <><
 
A

antioch

Terry said:
My computer speakers (small ones) stopped working. Tried some new ones...
same problem..no sound. Could someone instruct me how to check the drivers
or sound card.
Thanks.
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Hi Terry
Ignore the gibes and insults - have you tried the suggestions given by those
who tried to help.
If not then the one group you did not post to which might have been more
productive, would been windowsxp.hardware.
Good luck
Antioch
 
F

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE

Mary said:
Outlook question? You should check to see if your speakers are muted. Go
to
Control Panel, Sounds and go thru all the links--volume control will have
a
mute button. If there's a speaker icon on the lower right, use that to get
to
the controls. You should ask about this in the forum for your operating
system.
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He did that, too. In fact, in three fora for his operating system.
 
V

Vanguard

Curt Christianson said:
Ouch! Was that really necessary?
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Yeah, I'm grouchy today, especially with dumb questions (dumb, in this
case, being the inability to discern by a group's title just what the
group is about). I feel no remorse about being abrupt with a poster
that deliberately shotguns their post to groups that are obviously
unrelated, especially to the problem.
 
R

Rainy

I have no idea why this has happened to me, and why there is such an easy
fix.. but a reboot has fixed it before.. when I log back on I have sound...
:) Rainy
My computer speakers (small ones) stopped working. Tried some new ones...
same problem..no sound. Could someone instruct me how to check the drivers
or sound card.
Thanks.
 
D

deebs

What if... ?

The user were dependent upon accessibility features with a preference to
sound prompts as opposed to mainly and singularly onscreen prompts?
 
V

Vanguard

deebs said:
What if... ?

The user were dependent upon accessibility features with a preference
to sound prompts as opposed to mainly and singularly onscreen prompts?
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Pretty wild guesses on your part considering the dearth of information
from the OP. The OP said his speakers weren't "working". He didn't say
they didn't work for just the Outlook or Internet Explorer sound events.
Until the OP comes back with more details, there is no point in wasting
the time, bandwidth, and disk space proposing thousands of guesses as to
how to solve the ill-defined problem. I could guess that the OP was
plugging the speakers into the Mic jack instead of the Spkr jack, too.
 
S

sf

Which just goes to show that you should always try the simple fixes
first.... for printer problems, make sure your wires are properly
seated and reboot for computer problems.

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G

Guest

--
hoppy


Vanguard said:
Pretty wild guesses on your part considering the dearth of information
from the OP. The OP said his speakers weren't "working". He didn't say
they didn't work for just the Outlook or Internet Explorer sound events.
Until the OP comes back with more details, there is no point in wasting
the time, bandwidth, and disk space proposing thousands of guesses as to
how to solve the ill-defined problem. I could guess that the OP was
plugging the speakers into the Mic jack instead of the Spkr jack, too.


The speakers nor the mic works for the outlook express nor for the exlorer.
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G

Guest

--
hoppy


Vanguard said:
Pretty wild guesses on your part considering the dearth of information
from the OP. The OP said his speakers weren't "working". He didn't say
they didn't work for just the Outlook or Internet Explorer sound events.
Until the OP comes back with more details, there is no point in wasting
the time, bandwidth, and disk space proposing thousands of guesses as to
how to solve the ill-defined problem. I could guess that the OP was
plugging the speakers into the Mic jack instead of the Spkr jack, too.


I don't know why the heading says anything about speakers. The mic is the problem. Everything is hooked up right. Remember, I've had a week to work on this problem. There are no mutes turned on and all the connections are right, but the sound is off. Ps the sound card is okay. So, what's the problem. And I don't want smart answers.
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