# Another computer problem thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-computer-problem-thread/216362>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-computer-problem-thread/216362 "2003-12-01T22:44:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-computer-problem-thread/216362/1 "2003-12-01T22:44:01Z")

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I see the all the thread’s asking for help with computers and I think PC’s aren’t that hard to use. Then suddenly I can’t hear anything out of my speakers and I realise there’s a hell of a lot I don’t know about computers.

My problem, as I’ve said, is that I can’t hear anything out of my speakers or my USB headphone set. Came home from work turned Winamp on and listened for a bit, thinking I don’t normally have to turn my speakers up this much to hear. Couple of internet sites later I want to change the music. I play 3 songs, delete them from the playlist and start up a different tune. But I can’t hear anything.

Any ideas? Nothing that makes a sound does make a sound. I haven’t muted the volume via the volume control. Everything’s plugged in the right places.

BTW I’m running XP on a dell desktop.

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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-computer-problem-thread/216362/2 "2003-12-01T23:10:38Z")

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Try double clicking on your little speaker in the task bar ,to bring up the windows mixer , you may have inadvertantly changed the master volume.

Declan