M. Allen
December 14th 03, 11:26 AM
I am posting this out of curiosity - perhaps someone out
there knows what might have caused this to happen:
I run an office computer network which i was using last
friday before I left for the weekend. One of these
computers is left running and connected by ISDN to the
internet 24/7, and was working fine friday night.
When I returned monday morning, I noticed that the office
had lost power for a short period (blinking clocks) and
the computer had rebooted. I then noticed that the
external speakers on the computer no longer produced any
sound. After several minutes of obvious troubleshooting
(cables, power, sound card, reboots, etc.) I found that
the Play Control (within Control Panel/Audio
Devices/Volume) had been checked to "Mute All". This
immediately fixed the problem, but I am at a loss for
what could have caused this to happen. No one else has
access to the computer, to my knowledge, and it would
seem that this has to be done deliberately.
I am curious if this is a strange symptom of the power
outage, or if someone could have made the setting change
by connecting remotely to my computer and/or virus
symptom.
Any thoughts?
The system in question is running XP Pro on a Linksys
Router with Zone Alarm Pro, Norton AntiVirus and a Sound
Blaster Live! card.
there knows what might have caused this to happen:
I run an office computer network which i was using last
friday before I left for the weekend. One of these
computers is left running and connected by ISDN to the
internet 24/7, and was working fine friday night.
When I returned monday morning, I noticed that the office
had lost power for a short period (blinking clocks) and
the computer had rebooted. I then noticed that the
external speakers on the computer no longer produced any
sound. After several minutes of obvious troubleshooting
(cables, power, sound card, reboots, etc.) I found that
the Play Control (within Control Panel/Audio
Devices/Volume) had been checked to "Mute All". This
immediately fixed the problem, but I am at a loss for
what could have caused this to happen. No one else has
access to the computer, to my knowledge, and it would
seem that this has to be done deliberately.
I am curious if this is a strange symptom of the power
outage, or if someone could have made the setting change
by connecting remotely to my computer and/or virus
symptom.
Any thoughts?
The system in question is running XP Pro on a Linksys
Router with Zone Alarm Pro, Norton AntiVirus and a Sound
Blaster Live! card.