About two days ago, the volume on my laptop dropped down to where I can barely hear it now. I had not installed any new hardware or software or played with the volume controls. I checked the volume controls in Accessories and in Windows Media Player to make sure they were maxed and not muted - they are maxed and not muted (again, I can hear sound, but only if I put my ear to the speaker, which is not the way it was before). I tried updating the sound card drivers and got a message that the drivers could not be updated any further. This exact problem happened on my desktop a while back and I never figured out what caused it, but I fixed it by installing AC3 Filter. My laptop is brand new though, and I don't want to just "fix" the problem without knowing what started it. Does anybody know what can cause this to happen? By the way, My desktop was XP Pro and my laptop is XP Media Center.
2006-06-07 03:09:27 · 1 answers · asked by Cowgirl_1 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I have Norton, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy on my computer and have run them each in an attempt to correct the problem. No luck. My Windows firewall stays on too.
2006-06-07 10:47:27 · update #1
try using like adware from lavasoft or spybot search and destroy. There is spyware and adware that can hijack your volume settings on your pc and make the sound not work.
2006-06-07 03:12:42 · answer #1 · answered by jack_daniels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋