Browser sound is history

Back on May 24 I installed the "security update," and for whatever reason the next morning I no longer got sound from any browser-based video playback. The May 30 update did not fix the problem.
Safari plays the video, just no sound.
Firefox plays the video, just no sound.
Opera plays the video, just no sound.
Internet Explorer gives an error message telling me that either my javascript is turned off (it's enabled in all browsers), or I have an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player installed. ( Just to be sure I first uninstalled Flash, then reinstalled the latest version, but still get the same error message.)
So what's up with this? No-one else I know seems to be having this problem.

HI Christopher,
Try this first: Locate this file: com.apple.audio.devicesettings.plist
It's here: MacintoshHD/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash. Don't worry about trashing a preference file as your Mac will create a new file for you. You will have to reset your Sound prefs in System Preferences. Preference files can become corrupted... not a big deal.
Run Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions. Disk Utility is here:
Applications/Utilities
If none of the above helps, you might consider backing up your data/images/audio/documents and doing either an Archive & Install or and complete Erase and Install from your system restore disks. Then, instead of using Software Updater from the Apple menu, go here: http://searchcgi.apple.com/cgi-bin/sp/nph-searchpre11.pl Make certain to get the updates for your PBookG4.
Carolyn

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