no sound?

All drivers and hardware seem to be working, i've checked that the mute button is off, checked device manager/properties. The shortcut, which was one of the 'speaker' is now one of those blank boxes with a blue bar across the top. Around the time i lost sound i lost Solitaire & Freecell etc. I managed to re-install those but cannot seem to find how to get the sound back.

Vicky
February 2007