Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Hi,good day to you. Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore....this happened twice, today and about two weeks ago.Reboot doesn't get it back, only system restore to the previous day...help??
My system: Dell 4550 Win xp Home edition
Thanks for any wisdom! JP

Reply 1 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Your problem description "Volume just stops" could apply to a disk volume or audio volume. If it was audio volume it could be the volume control stops working or there is no audio output.

Since this is XP it could be as simple as some cleanup of temp files (I use CCLEANER) or it could be worse. But I'd refine the problem description a bit more.
Bob

Reply 2 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Thanks Bob, got CCLEANER in, have had for years and keep my 'puter as clean as i know how, defrag, registry etc.
Audio volume,(not disk, as far as i know) no music, movie soundtrack etc.tower is about 8 years old, so i guess i'm lucky, eh? Have never run into this before. Thanks again J

Reply 3 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Try it with the case cover off.

Reply 4 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Thanks again Bob, i will try that...as long as i can KEEP doing system restore, not a problem, unless that doesn't get it one day! Anybody out there with similar symptoms??

Reply 5 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

It was a person accepting a Windows Update for a driver.

I was hoping for more clues.
Bob

Reply 6 : Volume just stops.....only fixed by system restore

Should not be a problem but look in the EVENT VIEWER to see if there are more clues.