Right click on "My Computer" on the desktop.
Select "Manage".
Select "Device Manager".
Select "Sound, video, and game controllers".
If there is a problem with the sound card, the name of the card (or "unknown device" or some similar message will appear) with either a red X or a yellow exclamation point.
Bill
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"Is it possible that he was alive when you began the autopsy?"
"No. His brain was sitting on my desk."
"But could he have been alive?"
"He could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."