It's obviously not jaws, since he's not getting normal windows sounds, it's a problem with the sound card and/or sound drivers. ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RAWest Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:28 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Silent Laptop Did you try unloading jaws and reloading it? ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:05 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Silent Laptop Hi Folks, This morning while in the middle of a project my laptop simply quit speaking.. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop running Jaws 8 and windows-XP. A sighted colleague told me that I had the desktop and all of the windows functionality however, I get absolutely no sound not even Narrator or Windows load sound. Any ideas how to make this thing talk?