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[Annie]

Is there a keyboard shortcut that shuts off sound to the computer? The other night my female kitty was laying on my keyboard and then the next day I discovered I had no sound. No sound for music, videos, notification not even startup sounds. Has this happened to anyone? I've checked device manager and it shows no problem. I updated everything possible. I've looked everywhere in my system and haven't found the solution. Could it be kitty's fault or is it maybe the sound card went? I know my beast is like 6 years old so maybe it's a sign it will go soon? If after day 4 I haven't figured it out I'm gonna format and reinstall the operating system and hope that corrects it.  I also tried a system restore and it just fails every time with every restore point. Also my mouse won't click and hold to drag most of the time. Sooo frustrating  

[Bricktop]

We do have!!!



What sort of computer?

[Annie]

It's an all in one big ass beast. Intel Pentium, Windows 7, 64 bit.

[keeper]

Try this Annie

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[Annie]

Ok I just browsed those Keep, some I knew, others I didn't but none can help me with this problem :(

[Annie]

Can someone please move this thread to Nutty and Nerdy? I didn't look well enough and post this there. Sorry  ac_blush

[Annie]

Thank you!!!!!! For putting this thread in the proper place  

[keeper]

Thank you!!!!!! For putting this thread in the proper place  

No problem Annie  

[Annie]

I might go to BestBuy where I have an account and bought through Future Shop and ask a tech guy, maybe they will know....I'v got to get some DVD RW's and a good external portable hard drive anyways.  I'm soo not looking forward to redoing this thing, I have so many other things that need to be done too.

[Bricktop]

I have a solution.



Take your PC to the nearest dumpster, then go buy an iMac.



Problem solved.

[RW]

When cards die, they usually get flagged in your device manager.  Not always though.



If your computer has a key for sound, it's usually pretty clearly marked.  Sound is usually managed in the system tray down near your clock (usually bottom right corner).



I would recommend doing a virus scan, just to be safe.



It might be best to take it in to someone who can sit down and trouble shoot.  It's cheaper than buying a new machine.

[Odinson]

Annie is there with her unplugged headphones on. :D

[Annie]

Haha Odi. Ya I checked to see if headphones were plugged, it was the first thing I did.  RW, I think I'm missing a sound device, I'm sure I had two of them in device manager but there's only one now.  I did a full scan of everything and found spyware and corrupted registry files. They were fixed but still no sound. Nothing left for me to try so I guess it's a format and reinstall. I'm looking on the bright side, at least I'll get rid of all the junk that can slow it down lol

[Bricktop]

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[Annie]

I went to Best Buy and found some awesome headphones! They're Sennheiser padded and really comfortable for $40. I also got a 64 GB USB for $24 and some DVD RW for $7! Woo! Just finishing transferring all my important stuff onto the USB which could take a couple more hours and then it's onto formatting the beast.