Technology Forum

Ok- first things first. I am computer brain dead. I can follow instructions though and I am determined to fix this. so here goes...Bought my son a emachine (I know, I know bad idea) got it a few years ago for my 5 year old. he only plays games on it cars, hot wheels etc. My laptop broke (ugh!) so I hooked his computer up to the internet until I can get the other one fixed. Now there is no sound on it. When I go to my computer and check the audio devices I can't click on anything. When he goes to play Cars - it says "Unable to initialize direct sound please verify you have direct sound compatible sound card and current drivers". The game doesn't start just that message comes up with a loud beep.can someone help us? Could simply moving the computer have done this? Could it have updated when it got on the internet and messed things up? Please - send help =)