NO sound

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Troubleshoot video and audio
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ [...] 41033.aspx

Resources for Troubleshooting Sound Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;307918

Troubleshooting Windows Media Player 10 Error Messages
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/w [...] rrors.aspx

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"new user SOS!" <new user SOS!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> iam a new user and i dont know how to troubleshoot my pc, sudeenly there is
> no soun. but when i used it earlier there's a sound. now, when i try to play
> my windows media player it says "cannot play back the audio stream: no audio
> hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding." what should i do?
> help.
> i also tried running my winamp but it says "the specied device is already in
> use. wait until its free, and then try again." what does that mean? i've
> recently applied an internet connection and i think the problem started when
> i start using the net. help! ive got a huge problem here plus dont forget
> that iam a new user. i feel so hopeless. is there anything microsofft can do
> to help? or can they fix my pc thru the net?because i dont know much about
> computers and that could be one big problem. i feel hopeless. my mom would
> kill me if she found out that we had to pay a technician to reformat the
> pc.please please help me.

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new user SOS! wrote:
> iam a new user and i dont know how to troubleshoot my pc, sudeenly there is
> no soun. but when i used it earlier there's a sound. now, when i try to play
> my windows media player it says "cannot play back the audio stream: no audio
> hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding." what should i do?
> help.
> i also tried running my winamp but it says "the specied device is already in
> use. wait until its free, and then try again." what does that mean? i've
> recently applied an internet connection and i think the problem started when
> i start using the net. help! ive got a huge problem here plus dont forget
> that iam a new user. i feel so hopeless. is there anything microsofft can do
> to help? or can they fix my pc thru the net?because i dont know much about
> computers and that could be one big problem. i feel hopeless. my mom would
> kill me if she found out that we had to pay a technician to reformat the
> pc.please please help me.
I encountered similar problem today, cure was on this occasion to
reinstall soundcards drivers & software You propably have those on some
CD-ROM which came along with youre PC Try those