The puzzling thing was that I did not make any modifications to the system. So I transferred my files to an external hard drive and proceeded to install 7. I'd normally have done the latter any way by now, in the course of my normal work. I tried updating my windows 7 computer to windows 10, didn't like windows 10, so Im back to windows 7 and my sound isn't working. Thanks for any help given. I will explore the link you gave me. And by commenting on this, hopefully the reply will appear higher on google search for others with the same problem : Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Hi there, My sound is not working.
But when you try to load a game or listen to music, there's nothing. Fortunately, there is a solution. If they aren't present, something has gone awry. Click on start, go to control panel. Everything went smoothly, I transferred over my original files and things were great.
If this doesn't work we can try some of the Realtek drivers. Nothing makes any noise at all, no matter how many hands you have. Just make sure to download the correct driver for the device and operating system. So I transferred my files to an external hard drive and proceeded to install 7. As soon as I upgrade I cant get any sound at all from my computer. When I check the devices it doesn't show up! Been trying a number of fixes, so far nothing works. Tell me if Flash is listed in there and what it says.
If you need any of my hardware info, just ask. Restart your computer and it will find a proper one for you and everything will work ok again. If ever you want to go back to how it was, re-run the same commands substuting 'delete' for 'add'. Couldn't you just re-enable the onboard sound and see if Windows can find 64-bit drivers on its own? I've been reading threads and trying several things, including: 1. I have tried to fix this.
Click apply and click ok. Apparently I was wrong, and I apologize and I'm willing to learn something new. From what you are saying. What were trying to do works fine in Chrome, however we are trying to avoid the use of this. Many thanks to jenae, the Microsoft Support person who posted the solution.
What else is left to try? I looked up solutions to my problem, most pointed towards downloading Realtek's new W7 driver. I've checked for disconnected and disabled devices too, and it still doesn't show up. Uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Player 10. It is possible to change the default device with a right-click on the preferred device for default sound playback and the selection of Set As Default Device from the menu. I think I missed it since I was only looking in the Sound, video and game controllers section, this was in System Devices.
Uninstalled FireFox V6 and reinstalled it. But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks and you get full support and a 30-day money back guarantee : 1 and install Driver Easy. Play a music or a video to see if there is sound. Checked device manager, it doesn't look like it updated the driver. There's a white cross on a red background over the audio icon by the clock, and a message saying no speakers or headphones are detected. By locking them out of the process in question, they can no longer playback sound. Video players, music players, computer games, and browsers would produce no sound at all anymore on the system.
I've already uninstalled and re-installed adobe flash player, and it did not fix the issue. Well the installation went fine, but I'm not sure it did much. If your still running version 5 or possibly 6 there may be problems that patches may fix from the microsoft download center. A check in the Sound control on the Control Panel showed the devices that were able to produce sound on the computer system. I solved it - and now I feel a right eedjit. Up until now, it's been working fine. Please go through this page and get the sound back on your Windows 7.
The sound would stop playing even though sound worked before, and was configured properly. Opening up 'Playback devices' from the Sound control panel and choosing 'Levels' reveals a blank bar where the gain control should be. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, I have no sound in Internet Explorer 8 , as with all the others who have had this issue, my sound works fine in Media Center, Media Player, on movies and on Video Games, but not in Internet Explorer. You can use the same process described above to troubleshoot sound issues on those newer versions of Windows as well. In the Permissions tab of the properties dialogue, there should be a user called 'AudioEndpointBuilder' and another one called 'Audioserv'. Microsoft, Creative, Myself or the manufacturer of my comp. Select change system sounds option from the search results c.