Sound keeps disappearing

The first time it disappeared I wasn't doing anything. It was on, but I'd
walked away for a few hours--but I knew there was sound before I walked away,
then when I got back on, I realized there was no sound.

Second time, I can't be positive, but I think there was no sound when I
booted up.

As for malware, I think I'm okay--I use Spyware Doctor to clean up once a day.

"Rock" wrote:

> "shirley" <shirley DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >A few days ago I lost ALL sound. I restored back to a previous date and
> >all
> > sound came back. Tonight, it all disappeared again. Restoring once again
> > gave sound back.
> >
> > Is there some other way to cure this?
> >
> > Please, if you're providing step by step instructions, make them simple--I
> > can find my way around but I'm no pro at it.
>
> What things are you doing between when the sound is working and when it
> doesn't? What changes were made, what programs run?
>
> Is the system clean of malware? How do you check for that?
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"shirley" <shirley.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> The first time it disappeared I wasn't doing anything. It was on, but I'd
> walked away for a few hours--but I knew there was sound before I walked
> away,
> then when I got back on, I realized there was no sound.
>
> Second time, I can't be positive, but I think there was no sound when I
> booted up.
>
> As for malware, I think I'm okay--I use Spyware Doctor to clean up once a
> day.
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "shirley" <shirley.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >A few days ago I lost ALL sound. I restored back to a previous date and
>> >all
>> > sound came back. Tonight, it all disappeared again. Restoring once
>> > again
>> > gave sound back.
>> >
>> > Is there some other way to cure this?
>> >
>> > Please, if you're providing step by step instructions, make them
>> > simple--I
>> > can find my way around but I'm no pro at it.
>>
>> What things are you doing between when the sound is working and when it
>> doesn't? What changes were made, what programs run?
>>
>> Is the system clean of malware? How do you check for that?

You are running an Anti-Virus program right? Which one is it? Also one
program for non viral malware is not good enough. No one program catches it
all. I'm not saying your system I infected, I don't know that, but just
running Spyware Doctor isn't enough for all the non viral nasties. I
suggests you also periodically run Ad-Aware SE Personal, SpyBot S&D, and
occasionally HijackThis.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]