Good news that you are up and running Grin
For the sound what do you see when you go to:
PCC (Configure Your Computer) >> Hardware >> Sound Configuration
What driver is set?
Do you have on board (motherboard) sound or do you have a sound card? What model is it?
In the bottom panel near the clock there should be a speaker icon - click on it and make sure the volume is turned up.
Try that for the moment
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"Here you can select an alternative driver (either OSS or ALSA) for your sound card (Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller).
Your card currently use the ALSA "snd_hda_intel" driver (default driver for your card is "snd_hda_intel")"
this is what i see - turned up volume as well, no luck sadly , can anyone advise as to why i don't hve sound, if i am not mistaken, on board sound card
thank u