I noticed a long time ago that sometimes after my computer had been on for a long time, that it wouldn't play any sounds. In Windows media player, whenever I would try to play a song, it'd give me the 'it can't be played, you're on your own' message. So I'd just restart, and that'd fix it. That was then, where it'd happen about once a week. But now, it's gotten to the point where if I so much as leave the computer and get a glass of ginger ale, I come back and the sound doesn't work! I'm getting awfully tired of constantly having to restart my computer. I'm using SoundMax.

I believe that's a chipset on the mother board. If you have the money, buy a sound card. It solved a similar problem for me.

It could be software related. Do you have integrated audio as implied above or a dedicated sound card? Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!