Hi: It sounds like you may have inadvertently found the mute key on your laptop. I found mine the hard way as well. I don't know what the layout of your machine is, but my mute button is nedxt to the volume button on the front panel. Hope thhis helps.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:06:36 -0700, you wrote: >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? >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >To post to this group, send email to >jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or >body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]