text: does anyone know how to turn on the speakers?   haa ha! donut_dude, you're too funny!  in the bottom right corner of your screen, there is a speaker icon with a music note next to it. if you hold your mouse pointer over it, it will show a pop up box labled "volume". double click on it to open it. it will bring up the volume control panel. under the first slider bar, labled "volume", make sure the "mute all" box is not checked.  slide the volume bar up about half way. do the same thing for the next section labled "wave", and the one marked "cd player". then close it down; if you have a sound card in your computer, then volume will work.