No, I'm not deaf . . . but audio has suddenly disappeared
Good morning!
I seldom use audio when reading newspapers online - in fact, I usually navigate away from talking heads from last night's TV news reading (badly) at me while I'm trying to read more detailed reports.
But now that all sound has gone - as from yesterday - I suddenly miss it.
The reason for its disappearance: I must've unintentionally pressed something.
I Googled my problem and followed the most commonly given instructions: Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager. But I couldn't fix it. Messages popped up after I reached Device Manager saying "This device is working properly".
The audio system is Realtek. The laptop is a Lenovo Flexi 3 which I bought a few weeks ago . . . and it works perfectly.
I surf the net as well as using Word (for work) and Thunderbird's email client (for work and personally).
I don't really need audio but I like to know it's there. I'm good at what I use - but computer illiterate in respect of the rest. I don't understand instructions that are highly technical. Is there a simple tweak - something I can tick or untick - to get things working again?
Can anyone help sort out this time-wasting problem?