Thanks for all your help, I'm still having problems. I don't want to remove any hardware myself because I'm not very experienced with computers and probably have no clue what I am doing. Tom, the weird thing is when I started my comp yesterday morning I found that my mouse device was going goofy, and that I had not only no sound, but was stuck in 16 color, 640x480 resolution. I fixed the mouse, fixed the display controls. Still no sound. Still no outlook express, heh. Everything went nuts yesterday. My system restore won't even work :/

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OK, so I took the advice from this guy in an earlier post and I got my sound back, but only to find out that I now have a stranger problem....My sound fades away, and I can actually watch the volume control go down until I can't hear anything. This reminds me of a window in my house that just won't stay up, one that I have to prop up with a stick, I suppose all I need now is an electronic stick to stop my falling volume control, LOL. Someone help. Tom the following will fix your sound, however you may be able to witness this strange falling sound thing. ------ Please follow the below steps to resolve sound problems: The first step is to reboot into Safe Mode: Click on Start Choose Shutdown From the Shutdown Menu select Restart and click OK As your computer reboots repeatedly tap the F8 key on your keyboard (once per second) until a Startup menu is displayed Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to choose item #3 Safe Mode Press Enter on your keyboard. The next step is to remove Multimedia from Windows Setup: Click on Start-Settings-Control Panel Double-click on Add/Remove Programs Choose the Windows Setup Tab across the top of the window In the list of installed components uncheck Multimedia Click Apply and once the files are uninstalled click OK Close the Control Panel The next step is to remove the media resources keys from the registry: Click on Start-Run In the "Open" box type "REGEDIT" minus the quotes, click OK IMPORTANT "Backup the Registry": Click on the registry menu then click on export registry from the drop down menu. This will open a new box click on the down arrow beside Save in and select Local Disk (C:) In the File Name box type "backup.reg" minus the quotes Make sure under the Export Range that the radio button is beside ALL Click on save Click on the plus sign beside Hkey_Local_Machine Click on the plus sign beside System Click on the plus sign beside CurrentControlSet Click on the plus sign beside Control Click on the plus sign beside MediaResources Click once on the yellow folder beside Aux and press delete on your keyboard Click Yes to confirm key delete Click once on the yellow folder beside Midi and press delete on your keyboard Click Yes to confirm key delete Click once on the yellow folder beside Mixer and press delete on your keyboard Click Yes to confirm key delete Click once on the yellow folder beside Wave and press delete on your keyboard Click Yes to confirm key delete The next step is to remove and reinstall the sound drivers: Right-click on My Computer and choose properties Click on the Device Manger tab across the top of the System Properties window Click on the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers Remove all items under this category by selecting the desired item and clicking remove Note: You will have to click the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers again to re-open the category Once all items have been removes and Sound, Video, and Game Controllers no longer appears in the list click Close Reinstall the Sound Card Drivers When it has finished installing close all windows Click Start-Shutdown Choose Restart and Click OK The next step is to reinstall all multimedia components: As windows reboots it will redetect the sound card and partially reinstall multimedia components Click on Start-Settings-Control Panel Double-click on Add/Remove Programs Choose the Windows Setup Tab across the top of the window In the list of installed components uncheck Multimedia then recheck it Click Apply and once the files are installed click OK Close the Control Panel

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I don't even know what to say to that LoL...I think it would be more annoying to have "falling sound" than none at all. It's like a big tease. Thanks though.

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