Vista - no sound output

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
dictionary.2006@gmail.com

"dictionary2006" <dictionary2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>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
> dictionary.2006@gmail.com

R/Click sound icon in the system tray [near clock]choose open from the
menu, check that sound isn't muted

rgds
Roberto

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:

>
> "dictionary2006" <dictionary2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news5F8C573-33D0-4804-869A-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
> > dictionary.2006@gmail.com
>
> R/Click sound icon in the system tray [near clock]choose open from the
> menu, check that sound isn't muted
>
> rgds
> Roberto
>
>
>

-- 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:

> 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:
>
> >
> > "dictionary2006" <dictionary2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news5F8C573-33D0-4804-869A-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
> > > dictionary.2006@gmail.com
> >
> > R/Click sound icon in the system tray [near clock]choose open from the
> > menu, check that sound isn't muted
> >
> > rgds
> > Roberto
> >
> >
> >

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@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:94F98D26-16E9-4237-A72C-DDBED536EF1E@microsoft.com...
>
> -- 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:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> >
>> > "dictionary2006" <dictionary2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news5F8C573-33D0-4804-869A-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
>> > > dictionary.2006@gmail.com
>> >
>> > R/Click sound icon in the system tray [near clock]choose open from the
>> > menu, check that sound isn't muted
>> >
>> > rgds
>> > Roberto
>> >
>> >
>> >