No sound in browsers windows 7

If you are using a headphone without a mic, it should be plugged to line-out jack. After checking the connections, you need to also check whether the sound system is on receiving power and there are no other problems with the sound connection. Windows has an in-built sound troubleshooter tool that can fix sound related issues.

Here are the steps to follow. If the Microsoft Sound Troubleshooter fails to identify and fix the no sound issue, move to next solution. Windows has a default audio playback device which is primarily used for sound output. Your Windows computer can have several audio playback devices configured like headphones, speakers and other devices.

When we say other devices we also point towards the sound cards installed in your computer that appear in the default audio playback device list. If any of the devices are removed or not connected at the moment or the current audio device is not set as default, it can lead to no sound problem.

Hence, you need to check whether the right default sound device is selected. Here are the troubleshooting steps to follow. Play a song or video in media player and see whether no sound problem is resolved. If the no sound issue still persists, go to the next solution. Windows supports various audio formats. There is a possibility your computer does not support the sampling and the bit rate of the audio or video file you are trying to play.

In that case, your Windows computer may not be able to produce sound. Thanks for your feedback. Russell 2. After the latest update, I have no sound in any of my browsers: Chrome, Explorer, and Edge. The only browser that I have muted sites is Chrome but I still cannot get sound on sites that are not muted. I have sound on my computer, just not any of the browsers.

I think it bull that I have to go into each browser after an update and reset my settings. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 2. Report abuse. In case if it still doesn't work, we might have to try a System Restore to a previous date when the sound from the browsers were working fine.

I too am a user. I had to do a system restore, which did give me the web sound again. However, IE 11 is completely unstable and I can't really use it at all. I have tried all the windows updates, etc and nothing else seems to get it to function without the dreaded "not responding" incident every 10 seconds. I had silverlight already, but thank you for the suggestion. I can try to switch to Chrome again, but at the moment it would just be great to get one web browser to work as expected.

Browse Community. Laptops General - Read Only. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by areed Unsolved. Something in that soundcard seems to be having issues, but it has not completely failed. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 6. Hi, Thank you for writing to the Dell Community Forum.

Please try the following steps and let me know if it works: Step 1 - By default the sound volume starts at 0 level so when you start any video increase volume manually on the video player.