The subject says it all: I have no sound, and the speaker icon that should appear in the lower right to control the volume doesn't appear.

start > control panel > sound then you can click the box if you want to see it in your taskbar and change your volumes.

sorry, off by one there, its start > settings > control panel > sound

Hal P., First, have you got these sorted out? Computing.Net - Control Panel and other problems Computing.Net - error messages about powrprof.dll Computing.Net - no Power Options in Control Panel A question if I may. Is this a full WinME install, or is it an upgrade. Like from Win98. Some links, that might help with the others, if still having problems. (299923) How to Troubleshoot Control Panel Issues in Windows Good Luck

kenshinvm-- When I click on "Sound and Multimedia", nothing happens. And I still don't have those other problems sorted out. I checked out that link, but nothing on there helped.

What kind of sound do you have , intergrated onboard sound or a PCI sound card ? If you have a sound card ,it could some how have become not properly seated ,reseat it in the PCI slot and see if that helps , also in device manager is there a yellow exclamation mark by the sound entry or a red X .You can aleways try removing the item in device manager ,when you reboot ,Windows will detect the harware and prompt you to re install it ! How about your sound driver, try removing and reinstalling the driver,did it become corrupted somehow ,you can use the sound troubleshooter in Windows help , it may find the problem .I had AC97 intergrated sound and always had problems with it ,even tech support could not get it working ,I finally install a PCI sound card and have never had a problem since .They are very affordable ! Dont forget the frist thing to do is check your speakers and the connectors , I doubt this is your problem tho ,since you do not have a spaeker icon on the taskbar ! Good Luck nick

let me guess your explorer freezed and you had to reboot and when you did no sound, am i close? What happened is you lost your driver, to make sure go to: 1. start 2. settings 3. control panel 4. system folder 5. device manager now look to see if you have a CD rom driver or sound driver should be ESS, if not open quick recovery and reload your audio drivers, then reboot and you should be back in buisness. hope this helps code one