re: Question about 'How do I get my sound card to work? Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 7:15 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Chris (2 messages posted) You are truly divine! Two weeks and countless hours of trying to solve it, and you've finally got the solution! Thanks to no end! On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 7:42 pm, smithma wrote: >I was having the same problem with WinME. This worked for me.... > >The first step is to reboot into Safe Mode: > >Click on Start >Choose Shutdown >From the Shutdown Menu select Restart and click OK >As your computer reboots repeatedly tap the F8 key on your keyboard (once per second) >until a Startup menu is displayed >Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to choose item #3 Safe Mode >Press Enter on your keyboard. > >The next step is to remove Multimedia from Windows Setup: > >Click on Start-Settings-Control Panel >Double-click on Add/Remove Programs >Choose the Windows Setup Tab across the top of the window >In the list of installed components uncheck Multimedia >Click Apply and once the files are uninstalled click OK >Close the Control Panel > >The next step is to remove and reinstall the sound drivers: > >Right-click on My Computer and choose properties >Click on the Device Manger tab across the top of the System Properties window >Click on the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers >Remove all items under this category by selecting the desired item and clicking remove >Note: You will have to click the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers >again to re-open the category >Once all items have been removes and Sound, Video, and Game Controllers no longer >appears in the list click Close > >Click Start-Shutdown >Choose Restart and Click OK > >As windows reboots it should redetect the sound card and reinstall the drivers and >multimedia components (you may need your driver disks and/or Windows disks). > >Good luck!! > > > > > > > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'How do I get my sound card to work? 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