If anyone knows anything about windows audio i would appreciate it so much.?

Question

Hi,
I have a laptop its windows vista dell. the audio on my laptop just recently stopped working. im not sure what caused it. All it says down where the little volume bar is : THE AUDIO SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING. I have no clue how to fix this and i cant afford to get it checked out . If you know anything at all on how to fix this you will make my day,
thanks yahoo answer community,
have a wonderful day

Answer 1

"You will need to be logged on as an administrator in order to do this.

Open Device Manager, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click System. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.



See if there's a warning triangle next to your sound driver. If that's the case, try rolling back/updating the driver (right click). If that fails or you don't have one to roll back - look on the manufacturer's site for the correct, updated, drivers for your OS/sound card, or use one of these generic ones.



For Vista/Win 7...



Download, install the Realtek AC'97 Driver (Windows Vista / Windows 7) , then re-start.



http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.htm…



To install the drivers, double click the downloaded file and follow any prompts then re-start (turn off, then on)."

Answer 2

Go on dell and put in your service tag and download and install the Audio Driver. That should rule out a bad driver. If that does not work safe mode and try to play a sound file. If that fails right click "My Computer" and click Manage. Click on devices and see if your audio device shows up in the list. If not you will have to reinstall and/or rip apart your computer to see if the audio cable is loose or disconnected from the motherboard.



Hope it helps

Answer 3

Use the Device Manager to see if there is a problem with the sound card. use the trouble shooter. If this doesn't help, use the delete function to uninstall the software. Restart the computer. Windows will reload the drivers. I have used this trick for printers. It should work for any standard hardware.