Sounds
I have a Dell with Vista and an inbuilt audio controller, HD. It makes no sound. Device Manager says it is working normally, and I tried disabling it and reloading the driver to no avail. Windows media player says: " Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly."
I tried a USB headset and it is recognised but still no sounds, normal computer sounds nor music, Utube etc.
There is a audio plug in the front of the machine and it does not work there either. I tried two different speakers, checked the power etc.
Volumes all set, no mute on, green lights on the speakers.
Same message with no speakers plugged in.
Suspect the sound controller is bad and might have to put in a new sound card since the original is on the MB.
Any ideas that will save me time and effort, anything I can check or set? Would appreciate the help, I am learning to really hate computers.