No Sound On Internet

dally33

Hi, I am having problems with my sound, when surfing the net and trying to play games or to browse any site with sound, there is no sound. My speakers are ok because I can play cds and hear sound on other applications just not when on the internet. This has only been happening for the last two days. I wonder if any one could suggest what might be causing this.
Thank you.

Slapps

have u tried updating ur sound drivers?

espresso

You have not stated which browser you are using but if it is IE, do Tools, Internet Options, Advanced and scroll down and see what boxes are checked in the Multimedia section.

dally33

Hi, I am using IE I checked the boxes in multimedia options and they were all ticked. I do not know how to reinstall my sound drivers. thank you.

Slapps

got control panel,system,hardware,device manager,sounds/video and game controllers and then right click on ur audio drivers and update.

hope this helps

Slapps

dally33

Hi I tried updating the audio drivers, it said that there were no updates available. When I click on the little volume control icon at the bottom of the screen I get a message saying that there are no active mixer devices availalbe, could this be anything to do with it. thankyou.

Browntoa

No sound from Web pages in Internet Explorer (XP)
To hear sound while viewing web pages with audio, perform the following steps:

1. Click Start, and then Control Panel.
2. Click Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices and then Sounds and Audio Devices.
3. Click the Sounds tab.
4. In the Program events list, find and select Windows Explorer.
5. Select Complete Navigation and set " sounds" to " notify.wav"
6. Start Navigation and set the " sounds" to " Windows XP Start.wav"
7. Click OK.

dally33

Thank you, I did all that, still no sound. I notice when I click on the sounds and audio device tab and then the volume tab it says that there is no audio device. Could it of some how uninstall its self. We did have a power cut yesterday when the computer was on.
Thank you.

Browntoa

if you have Xp or Me then use system restore to go back to an ealrier restore point

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

dally33

Thanks, I managed to fix it by going back to an earlier restore point. Thank you for all your help. :T