etcjoe & Bob Calver,

Both of these are good suggestions. I did update the drivers for Realtek and got no change.

I also went into the Control Panel and all of the disabled devices are showing up. The speakers are showing as "Not Plugged In". So is everything else except for the LG TV. It may just be that the speakers need to be unplugged and plugged back in so the system can re-detect them.

If I get down in the floor to try that, I'll be down there for a while. That's the first thing I'll get my son to try. It sucks getting old.

I thank both of you for the suggestions.

PS. I've restarted twice and got no joy.