Help! I've lost my volume button...help!

[petals]

Hi. I'm asking you computer boffins out there to help this little old computer-dead lady. Somehow I've managed to remove the volume thing from the bar that runs along the bottom of my screen. It was on 0. I now have some other icons that I don't recall asking for instead. So how can I get my volume back?!!! I want to listen to the music on the Sistine channel clip, and the music in the you-tube clips, and the...........:smiley13::smiley13:

[cujimmy]

Depends which version of windows you're on, but on mine you'd do this:

1. right-click on the task bar at the bottom of the screen and select 'Properties'.
2. Select the 'Taskbar' tab
3. There's a section titled 'Notification Area' - click on 'Customize...'
4. The you can select the icons you want to hide or show (including volume!)

Good luck!

[Tricky Nicky]

If you click on your start button and go to control panel there is an icon on there for sound - I don't know if this will work cos I am no boffin. Here's hoping.....

[petals]

I don't know, Cujimmy and TN, I've tried both ways with no result. I can bring up the notifaication and select icons as you suggested CJ, but the computer will NOT tick the volume box!!!!! I've clicked it right click, left click, double clicks both sides...it will NOT put a tick in the box. SIGH!! :smiley13:

[cujimmy]

Switch it off then back on again


(another way of saying I don't know!)

[petals]

Switch it off then back on again


(another way of saying I don't know!)........

glad I am not alone!!!! :smiley36::smiley36:

[yarrumsg]

which version of windows?

most versions of windows you can right click the start button, click properties. try and find notifications and then customisation (this is on windows7 for me but i knot it exists in xp)

under there you shoudl see the icons u have hidden or can hide.

make sure ur sound card still works, check your system devices... right click my computer and go to properties (you might have to do this off the start menu if u have lost or replaced the shortcut on your pc. then go to device manager, u should have a sound manager, (with a little speaker icon) if it has a yellow ! then it's broken or if it has a red x then it's disabled. The chances are it will be a realtek soundmax or creative sound labs.

the other option of replacing the speaker on the tast bar, open control panel, (this doesn't appear to work in win 7 so they have hidden it somewhere else, but in xp, if you locate the sound option (you might have to click the button return to previous version of control pannel, hate the new one), double click to open it, and one of the options there will be a tick box to show speaker on task bar.

shout if one of those donen't work let me know what OS and i'll find go digging further :)

[Sam Edwards]

which version of windows?

most versions of windows you can right click the start button, click properties. try and find notifications and then customisation (this is on windows7 for me but i knot it exists in xp)

under there you shoudl see the icons u have hidden or can hide.

make sure ur sound card still works, check your system devices... right click my computer and go to properties (you might have to do this off the start menu if u have lost or replaced the shortcut on your pc. then go to device manager, u should have a sound manager, (with a little speaker icon) if it has a yellow ! then it's broken or if it has a red x then it's disabled. The chances are it will be a realtek soundmax or creative sound labs.

the other option of replacing the speaker on the tast bar, open control panel, (this doesn't appear to work in win 7 so they have hidden it somewhere else, but in xp, if you locate the sound option (you might have to click the button return to previous version of control pannel, hate the new one), double click to open it, and one of the options there will be a tick box to show speaker on task bar.

shout if one of those donen't work let me know what OS and i'll find go digging further :)
Tomorrow when I have not had 2 large glasses of Amurula I will re-read this and try do it for mom... Thanks!!! :smiley20::smiley20:

[Tricky Nicky]

Tomorrow when I have not had 2 large glasses of Amurula I will re-read this and try do it for mom... Thanks!!! :smiley20::smiley20:

LOL - brilliant. To be honest I would probably need the Amarula to understand it! I am hopeless with these sorts of things.

[yarrumsg]

sorry brain thinks quicker than my hands type, if all else fails there is always gotomypc set up an account on the pc that will give you like 10days free access let me know i'll remote the pc and try and fix it from here :)

[Sam Edwards]

which version of windows?

most versions of windows you can right click the start button, click properties. try and find notifications and then customisation (this is on windows7 for me but i knot it exists in xp)

under there you shoudl see the icons u have hidden or can hide.

make sure ur sound card still works, check your system devices... right click my computer and go to properties (you might have to do this off the start menu if u have lost or replaced the shortcut on your pc. then go to device manager, u should have a sound manager, (with a little speaker icon) if it has a yellow ! then it's broken or if it has a red x then it's disabled. The chances are it will be a realtek soundmax or creative sound labs.

the other option of replacing the speaker on the tast bar, open control panel, (this doesn't appear to work in win 7 so they have hidden it somewhere else, but in xp, if you locate the sound option (you might have to click the button return to previous version of control pannel, hate the new one), double click to open it, and one of the options there will be a tick box to show speaker on task bar.

shout if one of those donen't work let me know what OS and i'll find go digging further :)
Its so simple when you know how... Yar you are my HERO thanks for that :smiley36:

[petals]

:smiley17::smiley17: Sam and I have just sat with your instructions, and Hallalooyah!!!! I've got my icons back...I can hear again!!! Many thanks Yarrumsg!:smiley32::smiley32::smiley20:

[yarrumsg]

no worries :), i really should't have left desktop support, at least i know what was going on :( and my pleasure :)