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Dell Studio speakers

Aug 21, 2011 6:12AM PDT

In the middle of streaming an online local concert via HDMI to our TV, the sound quit. it came back a couple times, then quit fully. and now I can only get sound out of the headphone jacks in my Dell laptop (with Windows Vista), whether I'm trying a DVD or music files already in the machine. I have searched your forums, gone thru the control panel/sound, the Windows Media Player options/sound/speaker settings and everything says it's working fine. It's not muted. do I need to restore? might speakers on a 2-year old machine just quit? the built-in sound is "IDT High Definition Audio Codec." thanks much.

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What I would do next.
Aug 21, 2011 6:27AM PDT

I'd use System Restore (it's a feature in most Windows) to the day before when it worked.
Bob

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re: attempted restore
Aug 22, 2011 11:23AM PDT

thanks, R. Proffitt, but true to previous experience, two attempts to restore the system were unsuccessful. I get an error part way through the process and that's it. any other ideas?

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Any norton?
Aug 23, 2011 2:39AM PDT

If so, google this.

Norton System Restore