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Here is the REAL answer!! =)
Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 9:03 pm
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Posted by Snipe (1 messages posted)

I found this instructions when looking for an answer to this exact same problem, I followed the directions and wala! I now can see my sound card inthe greyed out areas again! Try it out fellas! Carl's solution worked like a charm for me, once I actually read it carefully enough to understand what was going on. It's truly a stroke of genius, and I strongly suggest you try his process before you go reinstalling your entire operating system. To recap in detail (for Windows XP; YMMV): 1. From Device Manager (be sure to select View/Show hidden devices), find the 'ISAPNP Read Data Port' device from the System Devices list. (Of note: once I successfully repaired this problem, this device no longer appears.) 2. Right click the ISAPNP device, and select "Update Driver" 3. Select "Install from a list or specific location" 4. Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install." 5. The step I left out on prior trials: UNSELECT "Show Compatible Hardware" 6. Be sure that "(Standard System Devices)" is selected under Manufacturer. 7. Under Model, scroll down until you see "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator". Select this item, and select "Next>". 8. You will receive some frightening error message that you should probably disregard. 9. Complete the installation of the driver. You will see your device list magically change before your eyes. The other PNP devices will mysteriously become enabled and active. If not, restart. Thank you for posting this solution; it has saved endless hours of reinstallation, and perhaps a marriage as well.

On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 5:26 am, Harker wrote:
>
>Afraid reinstalling drivers did not work for me either! This is what did it for me:
>
>Inserted windows XP cd Original and installed using the Update option (This mantains
>all documents, settings and installed applications). After the installation the sound
>was back on.
>
>
>

Written in response to:
re: I think I've got it (Harker: Monday, August 11, 2003 at 5:26 am)

Responses to this message:
re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Ducky: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 1:17 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (tancy: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 6:37 am)

re: Snipe has the answer!! =) (adder: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 8:16 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (eliphaz: Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 12:43 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (jg: Thursday, September 2, 2004 at 1:29 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Raja: Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 12:22 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Patrick: Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 4:30 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (mike: Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 7:33 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Frank: Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8:07 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (cocoloco: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 4:11 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Marjory: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 6:47 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Lisa: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 6:05 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
Windows reports ''no audio device'' (swifty1961: Sat, Apr 13, 2002, 11:29 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (smokey: Sat, Apr 13, 2002, 4:07 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Greg Zeng: Mon, Apr 15, 2002, 2:09 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Bruce Austin: Tue, May 5, 2009, 5:40 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Kris: Wed, Jul 17, 2002, 9:21 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (John Mangione: Thu, Jan 9, 2003, 6:25 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Mo Green: Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 8:56 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (andre: Wed, May 23, 2007, 1:51 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (John Mangione: Thu, Jan 9, 2003, 7:17 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (swifty1961: Thu, Jan 9, 2003, 7:51 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (J.D: Fri, Jan 24, 2003, 4:24 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Tony: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 8:39 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (rastamonsta: Thu, May 15, 2003, 10:21 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Jason: Mon, Jul 28, 2003, 10:56 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Cal Woodruff: Mon, Sep 15, 2003, 1:30 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (daffguru: Wed, Jun 4, 2003, 4:50 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Platinum-Zer0: Tue, Jun 3, 2003, 4:13 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Claudio: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 3:47 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (noilly: Thu, Jun 12, 2003, 5:44 pm)

Windows reports ''no audio device'' (JOSE: Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 3:41 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (vivek: Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 4:18 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (JOSE: Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 6:06 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (james: Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 1:57 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (KC607: Sat, Oct 11, 2008, 7:08 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Ashley: Tue, Feb 10, 2009, 3:13 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Hangwaiter: Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 8:05 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (vintage00gypsy: Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 7:20 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (bryce: Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 5:24 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Jennifer: Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 9:46 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (annabamma: Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:31 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Tumbleworld: Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:02 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (huzayfa: Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 8:50 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (MartinM: Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 4:20 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Gregory Moore: Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 4:29 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (sugrblosm: Sun, Jan 4, 2009, 11:48 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (JOSEPH: Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 7:30 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (JOSEPH: Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 5:59 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Tim: Sun, May 25, 2003, 6:09 pm)

I think I've got it (Edward Tupou: Thu, Jul 3, 2003, 4:18 am)

re: I think I've got it (Dave: Fri, Jul 25, 2003, 9:29 am)

re: I think I've got it (Harker: Mon, Aug 11, 2003, 5:26 am)

Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Snipe: Tue, Aug 12, 2003, 9:03 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Ducky: Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 1:17 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (tancy: Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 6:37 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Steven Douglas: Thu, Aug 14, 2003, 10:03 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Tigger: Sat, Apr 9, 2005, 11:58 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Jason: Fri, Apr 15, 2005, 8:19 am)

none of ur fixes work (Wolf: Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 5:55 am)

re: none of ur fixes work (Penne: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 9:16 am)

re: none of ur fixes work (Penne: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 10:13 am)

re: none of ur fixes work (irvingw: Fri, Mar 31, 2006, 4:23 pm)

Finally, I fixed "No Audio Device" (Mahmoud: Sat, Oct 28, 2006, 11:34 am)

re: Finally, I fixed "No Audio Device" (glenda: Tue, Nov 21, 2006, 10:30 am)

re: Snipe has the answer!! =) (adder: Wed, Oct 8, 2003, 8:16 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (eliphaz: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 12:43 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (difalloni: Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 5:26 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (jg: Thu, Sep 2, 2004, 1:29 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Raja: Sun, Apr 30, 2006, 12:22 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Patrick: Thu, May 18, 2006, 4:30 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Andrew: Tue, Sep 26, 2006, 3:17 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (TSCTSC: Tue, Oct 17, 2006, 12:13 pm)

to fix the code 42 duplicate device audio error (Bobby: Mon, Feb 5, 2007, 4:04 am)

re: to fix the code 42 duplicate device audio error (Pete: Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 9:54 am)

re: to fix the code 42 duplicate device audio error (dougal: Sun, Apr 15, 2007, 7:54 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (mike: Sat, Jan 5, 2008, 7:33 am)

Here is the REAL SOLUTION! (Gustavo: Wed, Jan 9, 2008, 10:18 am)

i know the solution (niall meadows: Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 9:22 am)

re: i know the solution (ed gennrich: Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 7:26 am)

re: i know the solution (Cece: Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 10:27 am)

What worked for me (tpalmer: Mon, Apr 21, 2008, 6:01 am)

re: i know the solution (Dommiel: Tue, Oct 21, 2008, 12:19 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (ed gennrich: Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 7:02 am)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Frank: Sun, May 25, 2008, 8:07 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Jason: Sat, May 31, 2008, 9:00 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (cocoloco: Sun, Jul 6, 2008, 4:11 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (dane: Thu, Jul 17, 2008, 4:45 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (john e: Tue, Jul 22, 2008, 3:17 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Jenna: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 5:03 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Marjory: Tue, Apr 21, 2009, 6:47 pm)

re: Here is the REAL answer!! =) (Lisa: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 6:05 am)

re: I think I've got it (glenda: Tue, Nov 21, 2006, 10:37 am)

re: I think I've got it (sam: Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 1:11 pm)

re: I think I've got it (michelle: Sat, May 17, 2008, 7:26 pm)

re: I think I've got it (nads: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 11:19 pm)

re: I think I've got it (Leon Welchman: Tue, Sep 9, 2008, 5:19 am)

re: I think I've got it (roni gotman: Wed, Aug 27, 2003, 11:10 am)

re: I think I've got it; simpler solution? (BB: Sun, Sep 14, 2003, 8:41 pm)

re: I think I've got it; simpler solution? (tama: Thu, Oct 2, 2003, 2:34 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (fred: Sat, Oct 11, 2003, 8:00 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Wilford: Tue, Oct 14, 2003, 10:52 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (NYTooCooL: Sun, Oct 26, 2003, 3:19 pm)

re: Thanks it worked 4Me (Mbusi: Fri, May 12, 2006, 10:37 am)

re: I think I've got it (William C: Sun, Sep 13, 2009, 6:22 am)

re: I think I've got it (sunnired: Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 5:59 pm)

re: I think I've got it (aldimca: Sat, Nov 22, 2008, 1:11 am)

re: I think I've got it (JOSEPH: Mon, Dec 8, 2008, 6:35 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (darryl: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 3:19 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Olivier: Sun, Jul 8, 2007, 7:48 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (mike: Tue, Jul 17, 2007, 2:35 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Benita: Sat, Sep 1, 2007, 11:43 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (Ce Newton: Sat, Dec 15, 2007, 5:56 am)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (JMARKELL79: Sat, Jul 5, 2008, 12:58 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (chakram5: Mon, Jul 13, 2009, 2:12 pm)

re: Windows reports ''no audio device'' (carsten: Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 5:02 am)

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