Have you tried reinstalling the sound drivers?
Have you got onboard sound or a separate soundcard?
If you have onboard sound you may have to reinstall the mobo drivers from the disk you should've got with it. If you haven't got it, you could get the drivers from the mobo manufacturers website.
And if you dunno what mobo you've got, you can download Everest Home Edition to help you find the name and model etc.
No need to feel stupid ... a lot of us have done this when first installing windows ... if the sound chip is built into your mainboard, the drivers should be on the disc that came with your system and either has the mainboard makers name on or perhaps is just labelled 'Drivers' or 'Support software' or something similar.
If you have a recovery set-up/disc (and not a windows CD) they should be on the image copy of windows that has been loaded ... from the Start menu right click on My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device manager and check out the sound drivers ... yellow lettering indicates a problem ... if you click around the various tabs you will be able to reinstall them there.
If you have a recovery set-up/disc (and not a windows CD) they should be on the image copy of windows that has been loaded ... from the Start menu right click on My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device manager and check out the sound drivers ... yellow lettering indicates a problem ... if you click around the various tabs you will be able to reinstall them there.
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