How do I turn my speakers back on?

Anonymous
2011-04-28T21:08:24+00:00

Original title: How do I turn my speckers back on?

Had to do a system recovery and all the updates.  Now I can not get my speakers to turn on.  What do I need to do to turn them back on?

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Anonymous
2011-04-28T22:19:24+00:00

Hi Do you mean that you don't have sound on your system ?

Please do ensure that the speaker is receiving power,

If you do have another set of speakers please check with those speakers.

If both speakers do not work.

Please check to see the volume control is un-muted, If it is un-muted

You may check to see if the sound drivers are properly installed, This could be done in your device manager

      1.  Right Click on My Computer Icon

       2. Choose the option Manage

      3.  Choose device manager

     4. Select Audio/Sound Driver

     5.  Re-Install Driver

If that does not fix the issue, you could also run the Microsoft automated troubleshooting program and fix the issue too,

here is the link for it,

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Tips-for-fixing-common-sound-problems

Use the Fixit tool on it, and it will do all the troubleshooting for you and perform the repairs if necessary,

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-04-10T00:16:37+00:00

    The X usually means the speaker is off.If  the X does not go away when you click on it then you may need tech support? Good Luck

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-24T12:31:36+00:00

    HOW GET SOUND?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-08T16:20:19+00:00

    I have a simple question and don't want to wade through all the "is your computer turned on? Is it Plugged in? have you re-booted lately?" chain of treat the user like an idiot questions.  Is there a way to sidestep around that?

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-31T20:20:47+00:00

    no sound

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