Audio Trouble

[Lamb_of_God]

I can't hear things through my speakers. The only thing I can hear is Skype turning on and off when I restart my computer. Anyone have any idea why?

[The Baconator]

OS?

What were you doing when this problem started?

[Lamb_of_God]

Windows Vista

The only thing I did was turn my computer on and go to Youtube. The audio on none of the videos would work. So I tried listening to music on WMP and that wouldn't work either. I restarted my computer a few times and the only thing I could hear was Skype.

[The Baconator]

Do you have a USB headset or anything plugged in?

Vista is absolutely terrible when it comes to sound.

[Lamb_of_God]

I tried using a USB headset and that didn't work. As of now I don't have a USB headset plugged in.

[The Baconator]

Honestly, I would just close all of your programs that are running and unplug all of your audio devices. Then reconnect your speakers and try a few programs.

Also, as stupid as this sounds. Go to your audio mixer and make sure that nothing is muted.

If that doesn't work, then right click on your volume icon and go to playback devices and make sure that the settings there look accurate to your setup.

[Danny Milonakis]

Vista is absolutely terrible.

fix'd

[Lamb_of_God]

Yeah, still nothing. My mom said it worked when she was on it. So that means she probably fucked it up.

[The Baconator]

I would tell you to check your audio drivers but if you're getting sound from skype then they must be working.

You can check anyways. Control panel/system/device manager/system devices. Right click on system devices and then click scan for hardware changes. Do it a couple of times. Might find something.

If this doesn't work, move onto Windows 7 or even better, Linux! Much better OS's.

[mohaas05]

I would tell you to check your audio drivers but if you're getting sound from skype then they must be working.

You can check anyways. Control panel/system/device manager/system devices. Right click on system devices and then click scan for hardware changes. Do it a couple of times. Might find something.

If this doesn't work, move onto Windows 7 or even better, Linux! Much better OS's.

lolwut? Linux is even worse when it comes to audio problems.

[Lamb_of_God]

After hours of frustrating confusion I fixed it. My mom fucked around with the settings of the audio on the computer and didn't think it had anything to do with the fact that the audio didn't work. So I had to fix it.

A mod can close this thread now. Thanks for the help Bacon.