Help? Please?

Well, if Windows says there's nothing hooked up, you can completely rule out the speakers as being the problem. Kinda counter-intuitive, I know. But speakers are simple analog output devices, meaning they just work, and the computer has absolutely zero knowledge as to whether or not they're powered on, turned up, etc. So if they're physically connected to the right jack, Windows should notice it.

So let's start there: plugging into the right jack. Are you sure it's plugged into the right jack? It's usually a green one.

edit: XP, huh? Strange, XP doesn't have the sort of "plugged-in" and "not plugged-in" detection that Vista and Win7 have. Well, still, let's go along with this... plugged in to the green jack, right?
edit edit: I can also guarantee, there are NOT going to be any drivers for simple speakers. rofl. Maybe for the sound controller, but not the speakers themselves.

 

There you go. "No audio device" means no audio controller, not "no speakers". Means it's not even detecting your audio controller, or it's malfunctioning.
(Great, just what I need tonight, too... audio drivers in XP are SUCH a bitch!)

Well, let's start here. Can you tell me the exact model of your PC? For example, "Dell Inspiron 1501"?

 

Yep, that's the model. Funny, it looks like it's Windows 7 capable... why not upgrade to Win7 so you can make use of all your hardware? WinXP is holding back a computer that new...

Anywho, there are a few audio driver options available, depending on what you have in your computer. There's a driver for a Creative card, as well as one for the integrated audio.



Take a look here. Where are you plugging the speakers into, in this image?

 

Well, sounds like you've got a shitload'a problems... for one thing, Ethernet cables grow on trees, can probably scrounge through a trash can and find one that hasn't been eaten by kittens Or just ask your company IT guy, probably got a hundred of them in a box in the server room just laying around.

OK, so I don't know what you mean by "sure your computer's screwed somehow". If you install Win7 it's a whole clean new computer... Windows is your operating system, not just another program you install. So it'd probably do you a lot of good! I'd recommend investing the $100 in the Win7 upgrade if you can squeeze it in.

As to the sound issue, I still need to know where you've got the speakers plugged in, per the image posted above... I can provide you with a driver download but I need to know which one to give you

 

Reinstall the driver for your sound card and make sure everything is plugged in properly. That's all there is to it.

 

That's what I'm trying to do, if he'd answer my question I can point to the right driver.

 

... Oh? *goes through thread* Where?

Yep, that helps.
Drivers and Downloads
Direct download: http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R124105.EXE

Download, install. If that fails, let me know, I'll probably just have to remote-assist your computer and that way I can clean up that and any other issues that are bugging you...

 

Had to make sure i wasn't just baked lol

K will try, I kind of want it to not work so you can remote assist because it sounds cool [/QUOTE]

Yes, but that didn't say which blue/green jack you plugged it into, where it was in reference to the pic like I asked.

Anywho, yeah, try that, let me know. I'd also love to help out but I'm getting a headache trying to juggle S1G1 and S1G2 sockets... ugh, fucking AMD.

 

Yay!

The generic host thing is exactly what it says: a generic host process for "SOMETHING" malfunctioning. No way to know what it is unless you've got a tech poking through your computer using tools to figure it out. I'd just recommend "Send report" every time you get it, always gives me a warm fuzzy to give a middle-finger to whoever's causing the error... if MS gets enough of them, they'll work to find a solution. And I've seen that before, and I think it was related to some old nVidia driver. Pretty safe to ignore in that case.

 

Augh. Alright, sounds like a bigger problem.

PM'ing.