Help with my Dell Inspiron 9400?

Question

Hey, I've recently got a Dell Inspiron 9400 from my dad's workmate. When I got it, I was able to change the volume with the buttons on the front and the level would be displayed on the screen.

The computer had a lot of spyware on it so when I uninstalled that I seem to have uninstalled the ability to see my volume changes on the screen. The computer doesn't have the microsoft volume thing in the system tray either so I have no idea whether I'm muted or loud until I hear audio.

It's really annoying. Can anybody help me?

Cheers.

To CHMod - the computer tells me that that feature has not been installed and I have no way of doing it. I tried that already, sorry for not specifiying.

Answer 1

this won't be any help with the main problem you described, but you can place the volume icon back in the system tray:

Start button > Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices

on the "Volume" tab, make sure "Place volume icon in the taskbar" is checked

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don't know what to tell you then... TheHumbleOne's suggestion is best, go to dell.com and try the Support and forums there... good luck

Answer 2

I can't, but Dell can. I have Dells and they offer pretty good support. First jot down the serial number of your PC and Model#, then go to:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/product_support_productfamily?c=us&l=en&product_family=Dimension&s=gen

You might also want to join Dell's Community Forum where you can contact other Dell users.

https://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/user_signon?dest_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dellcommunity.com%2Fsupportforums%2Fboard%2Fmessage%3Fboard.id%3Ddim_printer%26message.id%3D29275