lost audio on computer - need help

[northernThaiguy]

Hi. I had a video series I wanted to watch later, and thought FreeCorder would be just the thing. I am running Win7 on a cheap HP Pavillion, and everything worked just fine. I could record the audio talks with Audacity and that worked. I could play music from pandora, and that worked, too.

Then I loaded FreeCorder and the sound stopped playing. I've checked volume levels, and everything looks normal. I've switched plugs on the sound card from back to front of the computer, and that didn't help. I've un-installed FreeCorder, and it still doesn't help. (If I had hair left, I'd start pulling it out, but I don't have any, so I'm good there...) Oh, I missed the video series, too, playing around with this thing...

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA
Lloyd

[svnpenn]

Some ideas

* Uninstall the audio device from the Device Manager and reinstall
* Try safe mode
* Check for updated drivers online
* System Restore
* Reinstall Windows
* Buy new sound card
* Buy new motherboard
* Buy new computer
* Install Linux