Believe it or not, we were using the atrocious in box speakers.  The point of
this thread is to allow Freddy Fish to be played without bumping me off my
new computer (for which I swiped the added speakers).  It worked wonderfully
before we plugged in the external speakers.  Even Freddy Fish shounded great.
The only draw-back was the necessity to exit some games to turn down the
volume.  The knob on the externals stifles a lot of family frustration.

I think the external speakers were plug and play.  It is doubtful that
anything was knowingly altered.  Our monitor does not have speakers built in,
nor does the keyboard.  I noticed in one of the drop down boxes some choices
for output, like speakers on monitor, speakers on keyboard, speakers on
laptop, etc..  None of the choices included in-box speakers.  Could I be
looking at the right choice, but not recognizing it?

Shannon