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To amplify the comments in my original question, the external speaker and headphones both cope properly with every type of output I have tried from the computer (through Windows Media Player): .wav files (e.g. Windows alert sounds and also .wav files exported from Audacity), .mp3 files (e.g. recorde...

I have also tried Transport>Rescan Audio Devices, and all combinations of Audio Host and Output Device on the Devices toolbar, but to no avail.

No. Double-checked. Anyway, why do external and internal speakers both work OK with MediaPlayer and with Windows warning tones, but only internal speaker works with Audacity? Muting should affect both.

Thanks for listening. I have tried both your recommendations (since receiving your reply), but the situation is unchanged.

I have an Acer Aspire One notebook computer running Windows 7, and all the sound output facilities (built-in speaker, external speaker and headphones) work OK with Windows sounds and with Windows Media Player music. However, when recording a short test file (with microphone) using Audacity 2.0, it p...