Open Control Panel -Sounds and Multimedia -
There you can check if \"Show Volume contol on the Taskbar\"
is checked , so you can see your settings on the taskbar, and also check if the Volume slider is not set to a minimum .
Go to Audio -Playback : check if nothing is set to MUTE and no sliders are set to minimum (they will not if you allready moved the former Volume slider slider to 3/4 up.
Check also in the Audio settings if your sound blaster is right there as the default device ..
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