No sound after I lock PC

[mercurial]

This laptop is driving me insane. Whenever I lock it (using ctrl+alt+del) and then log back in, the sound is gone This seems to only affect the headphones. If I want to watch or listen to something, it will play normally through the speakers but not the headphones after I've logged back in after locking my laptop I've tried everything and nothing seems to work. To make things worse, I don't have admin rights to play around with any services (services.msc). Please help

 

[Happy Camper]

Perhaps the pc puts the card to sleep? Uncheck that option in device manager, you may need admin rights for that though!

 

[w1z4rd]

Isnt it easier to push the windows key + L?

 

[nelis]

jip easier. check sleep seting of sound card. Update drivers aswell

 

[Voicy]

This laptop is driving me insane. Whenever I lock it (using ctrl+alt+del) and then log back in, the sound is gone This seems to only affect the headphones. If I want to watch or listen to something, it will play normally through the speakers but not the headphones after I've logged back in after locking my laptop I've tried everything and nothing seems to work. To make things worse, I don't have admin rights to play around with any services (services.msc). Please help

It's an acer travelmate isn't it? I had that issue with one ages back where you'd remove the ID card and when you slide it back to unlock, sound just dies. I tried every driver known to man - eventually Acer advised me to update the mobo firmware as a last resort and it sorted the issue.

DISCLAIMER: This was in 2004 running winXP. I would've hoped they'd sort the issue by then!

 

[mercurial]

It's not an Acer but flipping frustrating

 

[mercurial]

jip easier. check sleep seting of sound card. Update drivers aswell

Where do I check that setting?

 

[The_Unnamed]

Isnt it easier to push the windows key + L?

Not on some laptops where the windows key is on the left side only. My fingers do not stretch that far.