Simple things first. Check the sound control panel to make sure the 
sound is not muted. Check wiring connections for the speakers to the 
computer. If powered speakers, check to make sure they are turned on. Go 
to start/settings/control panel/hardware/device manager and see if there 
is any problem indicated (yellow exclamation point) for the multimedia 
and/or sound items. You might have to uninstall and reinstall drivers in 
case the first installation effort was not successful for some reason.

I'm not familiar with why Windows XP help might not respond.

Tom Mayer

carmen strickland wrote:
> Finally moved to XP. Wiped the harddrive and started
> again since Linspire had partitioned it, and wasn't
> giving me all the space with ME.
>
> Got everything back up and running, but there is no
> sound, and my help and support won't come up. 
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> amd sempron 2400
> 353 mb ram
> 40 gb hardrive
> GQ3131 
>
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