The sound icon has gone from my lap top and now i have no sound!! Can anyone help, thanks?

Question

The sound icon has gone from my lap top and now i have no sound!! Can anyone help, thanks?

Answer 1

download the driver for ure audio card...... go to control panel, then hardware then go to device manager, then go to audio devices and then look around for an update driver button... hope i helped

Answer 2

Right click taskbar > properties > notification area tab > tick volume.

If your running vista you need admin rights to make the changes if the boxs are hidden.

1 start menu

2 click-on your display picture on the top right

3 Turn User Accounts Control on or off

4 check box UAC

Turn it off when done because if malware gets in it will be allowed to make changes to your computer

  

Answer 3

I'm guessing you mean the speaker icon that appears by the clock, in the system tray (bottom right of the screen).

See if there's an arrow next to the icons - if so, click on that, it could just be that the icon has been hidden.  If it is there, you can click on the icon and untick the mute option.

If it's not there, go to Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel) and click on Sounds and Audio Devices.  Then tick the box next to "Place volume icon in the taskbar".  

Answer 4

I hope this works Phil L because I haven't had sound for a while

Answer 5

Do a system repair with your XP/Vista disk.

Answer 6

yes do as PJ say it will be there

Answer 7

Make sure your Sound Driver isn't disabled; it may have inadvertently disabled itself during shutdown:

Go to Device Manager (Start> RightClick My Computer> Properties> Hardware Tab> Device Manager) and right click on your sound driver and choose enable. If not, try updating the driver, which will effectively restore it to factory settings if there's an update available.

If you don't know the name of you Sound Driver, so to Start> Run> dxdiag. Now go to the Sound Tab and any sound hardware installed is listed.

If that still doesn't work, the driver may have been uninstalled. If so, go to your computer's manufacturer's website and go to the "Support" section. There should be a link for drivers. You will need to know your computer's model, but once you enter that it will give you an option to download any missing drivers. Just find the Sound Driver and install it.

Hope that helps =]