James Veltri wrote:
> 
>    I'm trying to figure out how to use Csound.  I've read all of
> the help files, the tutorials, and the FAQ, and I
> still can't actually get any sound out of my machine. 

Did you try following the hints in the Getting started section?
(you mentioned the help file). Otherwise the same notes are 
available from http://hem.passagen.se/rasmuse/Csound.htm
(look for "Installation notes")

You must tell some more for anyone to diagnose your problem:
What's the command line? What were the actual orc/sco files?
What did Winsound say about it? Check the output shown after
rendering, it says what has happened. 
Oops, Winsound, so you didn't use a command line... Did you 
set a name for the output soundfile in the "Output File" box? 
Did you check the WAV option in the Format box? 
And so on.

hth, else post again,