No audio device after XP is re-installed

[devyy_xi15]

Hello,

My computer recently got Spyware and was not working properly. I brought back to the guy who built it, and he got rid of everything and re-installed XP. I went to play some music, and it wasn't playing. The speakers were plugged in properly and everything. When I went to use Windows Media Player, it said it could not play the file because there is no Audio Device on the computer.

I have absolutely no idea what to do. If anyone does let me know. I want to fix it myself, but if I have to bring it back to the guy who built it, I would like to know

Thanks.

 

[turbo1]

reboot your machine & go to BIOS,then enable your onboard sound.
(assuming you're using integrated sound).

also please get a windows update too.

 

[Bobbye]

You may also want to check this setting:

Control Panel> Sounds & Audio Devices> Audio tab> Make sure your sound device is displayed in the Playback dialog box.

One other check is to make sure the resident gremlin didn't check the Mute box:
On the Volume tab, make sure there is no check in Mute.