Re: Can't hear most website sounds anymore

Good, but it probably wasn't your fault, I have found this happens from time
to time for no obvious reason :)

Doesn't help that some software changes these things and then of course if
you forget to look ...

Charlie

"SquareDave" <SquareDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I found the problem. For some reason the three sliders to the right of the
> dialog box were checked "mute." De-Muting them did the trick. I was hoping
> that I'd overlooked something obvious, and I did. Thanks for the help.
> It's
> working now.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Charlie Tame" wrote:
>
>> Okay, some sounds are played by different parts of the system and there
>> are
>> volume controls for the various parts with a "Master" that's commonly
>> displayed as a little speaker icon.
>>
>> Sometimes these controls are displayed as a sound card manufacturer's
>> "Mixer", sometimes by the windows standard "Mixer" and this depends a lot
>> on
>> the "Drivers" installed. Windows update sometimes provides new drivers
>> and
>> maybe you installed something like that which has changed the way things
>> look.
>>
>> Assuming you have the little speaker icon double clicking will reveal one
>> or
>> more sliders. There should be an options menu item with a properties item
>> that when selected displays a list of checkboxes. These are for all the
>> sliders that can be displayed, make sure they are all checked. Note that
>> there are two buttons for Playback and Recording, it's probably started
>> in
>> playback mode but you can do the same for Recording mode too.
>>
>> Usually these are all the controls your system is capable of, but if the
>> driver is bad there may be some missing because if the driver is not
>> supporting something the windows control won;t be able to find it either.
>>
>> Anyway, for playback you don't want anything muted except maybe the
>> microphone, aux and other external inputs.
>>
>> The card manufacturer's version of this (in my case) also includes some
>> functions where you describe you speaker setup and this also makes a
>> difference to some of the settings. The controls are about the same on
>> the
>> panel, just styled differently. You definitely want Wave and SW synth
>> enabled with some volume above zero.
>>
>> WMP will play wav or midi using synth and wav where appropriate but
>> nothing
>> will get out if the mixer controls are not set, muted or broken, so if
>> they
>> are set on the panel correctly but not working you may have a driver
>> problem. This can be a pain if the sound card is built in and you don't
>> know
>> what chipset it is, and most big brands have on board audio. If you do
>> happen to know the chipset in use you might try that manufacturer's site
>> (or
>> the PC maker if they have any info posted) and try re-installing drivers.
>> Sometimes newer drivers break things that were working before so it is
>> worth
>> a shot.
>>
>> If none of this is any help maybe you could post more details about PC,
>> audio chips if known (Or board if that's what it is) and maybe someone
>> here
>> will have the right answer first time.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> "SquareDave" <SquareDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7C647356-E55D-491E-BEA3-670D0AA6BCEC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > When I first got this computer I could hear background sounds and music
>> > whenever I came to a website that had such sounds. Now, I can't hear
>> > those
>> > sounds anymore except at very few websites. I know there has to be a
>> > setting
>> > somewhere that got changed through gremlin activity or something.
>> >
>> > The problem extends to sounds that launch windows media player. I get
>> > the
>> > wmp display, and I get the little indicator down at the bottom moving
>> > left
>> > to
>> > right telling me that it's playing music, but I get no sound at all on
>> > most
>> > websites, but it do get sound on a few of them.
>> >
>> > I have added service pack 2 and McAfee firewall and virus programs. I
>> > don't
>> > remember if the problem started there or not. Be that as it may, I am
>> > at
>> > my
>> > wit's end trying to find which button or buttons to click on/off. I
>> > think
>> > I've done all that my little mind can logically dedeuce (script
>> > buttons,
>> > mute
>> > buttons, etc.), and I've done numerous deadend google searches. So
>> > far,
>> > I've
>> > found nothing.
>> > Anyone have any ideas???
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Squaredave
>>
>>
>>


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