I am very dependent on my laptop as a voice communication device since I travel a lot. It has always worked great and then about 2 weeks ago it stopped letting me send and receive audio on ANY program. I've already taken it in to a repair shop and they couldn't help. I've updated my audio drivers (through dell.com) yet still can not send AND receive audio at the same time. I get a 0x88780032 error when I try through MSN.

Please... any help would be thanked.

Do u get sound at all on any othr programs? Like when u play music or whatever? Cause if you do then it may be software related with the programs u are trying to run. Try uninstalling those and then reinstalling them to see if it clears it up.

If you are not getting sound on anything else then it is sound card related, then just try uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling the correct ones for your OS.