Sound suddenly stopped working on computer [Solved/Closed]

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Sound suddenly stopped working on computer [Solved/Closed]

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Kelly1028 - Updated on Jun 8, 2017 at 05:14 AM
Alexersen - Feb 23, 2019 at 11:24 AM

Hello.... I got home from work today and my sound was working I fell asleep for an hour and a half and when I woke up it was no longer working. I have no idea what happened... can someone please help me... I am using windows xp as an operating system. I don't know what else you might need to know but if you need something just ask... I have very little knowledge about computers and would appreciate very detailed and explicit directions... thank you so much for any help you can give me...

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Apr 7, 2010 at 02:29 AM

Hi there,

Please refer to link below from Faq and follow instruction given,if not solved please fell free to revert back or send me a pm stating the things you tried with more information:

https://ccm.net/faq/308-no-sound-or-audio-on-windows

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Sam
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:30 AM

For my computer, I just hold the off button until it's shut off and on it again and its fixed

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awais
Feb 5, 2016 at 08:00 AM

thank you so much itsfixed ! GOD bless u

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mays
Apr 19, 2016 at 09:58 PM

i shut mine off and the sound still isnt working

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JOSH > mays
Jul 10, 2016 at 07:16 AM

SAME! IT used to work but then while i was watching a video it just stopped! HEELP!

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swu
Jul 21, 2016 at 07:22 AM

i did n it works thank you

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Feb 24, 2016 at 06:18 AM

Start/ Settings / Control panel / Sound. Set playback to headphones {default device} Then click on sounds / sound schemes and set this to Windows default {I dont know why but sometimes this can be changed and this is why I lose my sound} Hope this helps

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Thanks for responding to me... so I tried going into the device manager but I really wasn't sure what I was suppose to do when I got there. The instructions said to check for conflicts and when I opened the device manager it did not tell me there were any conflicts at all. I did see Sound, video and game controllers but it didn't say anything about a conflict or anything like that. It then asked me to ensure that my drivers are properly installed and that the programs that I have recently installed are not conflicting with the drivers configurations. I have know idea how to check these things, sorry. Also the last things said to check my sound card which I also do not know how to do. The only thing I can give you for more information of what was going on when it happened is that it was working and then I left the computer for a while and no one used it or touched it and when I came back to it the sound had stopped working. I do have anti-virus on my computer Avast! and it says I do not have any viruses. I did have a bad virus fairly recently where they had to wipe out the entire computer, but the anti-virus has said I have not had any viruses since then. Do you think these things could be related? Thank you again so much for your help!
You go into control panel, find the sound settings & open. When you see the speaker input option or options....meaning to say it says like computer speaker or realtek speaker etc. You can right click on them & click test to see which one makes sounds. Ive had this happen 10 times in my life on different computers this fixes it every time. The computer somehow changes the speaker setting to be to a speaker that doesnt work or isnt connected. So once you see which speaker makes noise when you test right click & choose to make it the default speaker
worked like a charm!! Thanks so much for the clear explanation.
thanks this worked for me. right clicked and test, the make it the default, thanks SO much. I was getting SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO mad.
Im having this issue accept my headphones completely stopped working. the sound is ON on my pc because if I record it records sound but I cant hear... I reinstalled my driver I checked for updates I did everything it was fully plugged in but I still cant hear anything... it might just be the headphones I havent checked but PLEASE help
For my computer, I just hold the off button until it's shut off and on it again and its fixed
SAME! IT used to work but then while i was watching a video it just stopped! HEELP!

Drew · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-04T18:07:54-0500

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Drew
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 at 11:30 AM

Mine fixed after I opened services on my computer, clicked Windows audio and then either click start the service or restart the service!

Note from Kimberley : Came into work this morning and the sound that was working perfectly fine last night when we left wasn't working this morning. We tried the speakers on another system and they worked fine so we knew it was some kind of internal issue. Problem, once found, was a quick fix. Somehow gremlins during the night switched the speakers to mute.

Start/ Settings / Control panel / Sounds and Devices/Device Volume/Unchecked Mute

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Yay~<3
May 4, 2017 at 10:20 PM

This worked immediately! Thank you so much!

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Rifat
Dec 10, 2017 at 05:03 AM

Thanks man i had faced the same problem but now it's fixed thanks to you ;)

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mikefedconker
Jan 14, 2018 at 01:05 PM

Thank you so much I tried new drivers everything, this worked in less than 1 min. +++1

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Y
Mar 23, 2018 at 06:42 PM

Thanks

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Alexersen
Feb 23, 2019 at 11:24 AM

It worked to restart windows audio under services.
I just wonder what caused this no sound issue......

Sound suddenly stopped working on computer [Solved/Closed]

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