[liberty]

After I get back from an appointment today, I guess I'll have to try the system restore method.

I checked everything in the advanced volume control and everything is up.

More questions:

In the advanced volume control under the advanced tab...there are other controls.
-AC3 SPDIF
-PCM SPDIF
I don't remember if I they were unchecked or checked when I begin trying to fix my problem...Should they be checked or not? If it's not to complicated, what's the short answer of what each setting does? Or, maybe it doesn't matter.

Also, my laptop uses SoundMAX Digital Audio. I think I tried analyzing it and the computer said it was okay. However, if I can hear something played on my computer, would that have any affect on playing media from the web? If so, would SoundMAX be corrupt?