1. Check your speaker output. 2. Run the audio troubleshooter. 3. Verify that all Windows Updates are installed. 4. Check your cables, plugs, jacks, volume, speaker, and headphone connections. 5. Check sound settings. 6. Fix your audio drivers. 7. Set your audio device as the default device. 8. Turn off audio enhancements. 9. Restart Audio Services

Move the Oemn.inf and Oemn.pnf files back to the %Systemroot%\Inf folder. Use Device Manager to remove the VGA video adapter, and then restart the computer. Windows Plug and Play locates the OEM video adapter and reinstalls the OEM drivers automatically.

Describes methods to prevent users from connecting to a USB storage device that is connected to a Windows XP-based, Windows Server 2003-based, or Windows 2000-based computer.

Move the Oemn.inf and Oemn.pnf files back to the %Systemroot%\Inf folder. Use Device Manager to remove the VGA video adapter, and then restart the computer. Windows Plug and Play locates the OEM video adapter and reinstalls the OEM drivers automatically.

In Windows Media Player, you can play audio CDs, data CDs, and data DVDs that contain music or video files (also known as media CDs). You can also play video CDs (VCDs), which are similar to DVDs, although the video quality isn't as high.

Select Start > Settings > System > Sound. In Input, select the microphone that you want to test. In Input settings, look at Input volume while speaking into the microphone. If the bar moves while you speak, your microphone is working properly.

Find settings in Windows. Find your Windows settings in a snap! Select the Start button, then select Settings . From there, browse the categories or use search to find what you're looking for. Most apps have their own settings. In the app, select Settings to make app-specific changes.

Get free Windows themes from Microsoft to personalize background, colors and sounds for your PC.

You can create your own videos in Windows. For fast and simple editing, we've added Clipchamp as the official Microsoft video editor. Microsoft Clipchamp comes preinstalled on Windows 11 devices. To open Clipchamp, go to the search box on the taskbar, type Clipchamp, and select it from the results.

To turn Microsoft Defender Firewall on or off: Select Start , then open Settings . Under Privacy & security , select Windows Security > Firewall & network protection . Open Windows Security settings. Select a network profile: Domain network, Private network, or Public network.