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Assuming you have Sound-on-Board, try reinstalling the motherboard drivers. &nbsp;It doesn't matter if they show no errors in the hardware manager. &nbsp;Sometimes MS uses the wrong ones by mistake (chipset). &nbsp;If it still doesn't work, go to Google or another search method look for updated drivers.
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Assuming you have Sound-on-Board, try reinstalling the motherboard drivers.  It doesn't matter if they show no errors in the hardware manager.  Sometimes MS uses the wrong ones by mistake (chipset).  If it still doesn't work, go to Google or another search method look for updated drivers.

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The sound on my computer does not work consistently. Sometimes after booting it works but stops shortly.
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The sound on my computer does not work consistently. Sometimes after booting it works but stops shortly.

Sound Not Working on XP Pro

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