- Click on the sound icon in the system tray in the lower right-hand corner of your screen
- Click on the slider bar to adjust volume
- If that does not work, try restarting your computer and if still not working, continue on
- Right click on the sound icon
- Click Sounds
- Click on the Playback tab
- Right click in the white space and ensure Show Disabled Devices is checked
- Right click on the speakers you would like to use (which may have been disabled) – if you do not know which to use, try a different speaker than the one with the green check mark
- If the device was disabled, click Enable Device first then right click on it again
- Click Set as default device
- Click OK to close the Sound window
- Try adjusting the volume as in step #1 – if you hear a dinging noise, the speakers are working properly.