re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 5:38 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Reflex (1 messages posted) Had this problem for days and was on the verge of going 'nuts'! Many thanks to all those that contributed to the answer, re-installed 'Plug & Play Software Emulator'..........and presto; everything worked fine. Tymes.net link given below was great. On Monday, November 29, 2004 at 11:34 am, Tony Marques wrote: >It's been a year minus a week since I posted my two bits. > > Let me just repeat to everyone that is is not a method to install the sound card >drivers and you should not try to update ANY drivers with this proceedure. This >is simply to install the Plug and Play Software Enumerator if it is missing (again, >no updating). Once that is done then installing the Sound card and getting it to >work should be automatic, if the PnPSoftEnum was your problem. > > I'm also unsure about that other solution in this thread page where you get the >swenum.inf and .sys file from a win98 machine for use in winXP?! I've always assumed >this is the WinXP discussion form so I was talking to a WinXP audience. If that >method does work then it may only be because of windows file protection. Meanwhile, >with XP SP2, I don't think it's possible to uninstall the PnP Software Enumerator >anymore (not manually anyways), blah. > > I'll just direct you to this website which has a set of simple steps along with >some pictures... > http://www.tymes.net/swenum/fix-swenum0.htm > No more notepad in these directions. > > Written in response to: re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Monday, November 29, 2004 at 11:34 am) Responses to this message: re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (ThanksMan: Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 10:38 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] sound device error (tonyb: Fri, Oct 17, 2003, 2:50 pm) re: sound device error (Mike: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 10:04 am) re: sound device error (Gwee Lin Lin: Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 2:52 am) re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Sat, Dec 6, 2003, 3:31 pm) re: sound device error (tushar: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 4:24 am) re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 2:59 pm) re: sound device error (don: Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 12:50 am) re: sound device error (Lauren: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 5:22 am) re: sound device error (BDKoster: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 7:17 pm) re: sound device error (mindy: Sun, Feb 19, 2006, 4:59 pm) re: sound device error (Quinn: Wed, Mar 15, 2006, 5:17 pm) re: sound device error (Wade smith: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 9:10 am) re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (RichieP: Sat, Mar 25, 2006, 11:15 am) re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (steven: Mon, Apr 17, 2006, 5:28 am) re: sound device error (Gigaman: Sat, May 29, 2004, 1:09 am) re: sound device error (ABC123: Sat, Jun 5, 2004, 12:15 am) re: sound device error (Andrew: Sun, Jun 13, 2004, 10:58 pm) re: sound device error (pitshing: Wed, Jun 16, 2004, 8:04 pm) re: sound device error (Jonathan: Tue, Jun 22, 2004, 12:20 pm) re: sound device error (Knowenough2bdangerous: Mon, Jun 28, 2004, 9:13 am) re: sound device error (Aaron: Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 12:18 am) re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 6:27 am) re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 7:11 am) re: sound device error (mrbisco: Sun, Nov 28, 2004, 8:33 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:34 am) re: sound device error -- READ THIS TOO (blausand: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 3:23 pm) wow it works (Wascomat: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:24 pm) re: wow it works (Ben: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 7:12 am) re: wow it works (Michael: Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 2:41 am) re: wow it works (James Saklas: Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 5:51 pm) re: wow it works (Steve: Sat, Dec 23, 2006, 12:53 pm) re: sound device error -- But my enumerator is present??? 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(osnat: Fri, Dec 12, 2003, 1:27 pm) re: It works!!! (Gwee Lin Lin: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 3:40 am) Still no luck... (qwik: Sun, Dec 14, 2003, 6:39 pm) re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 12:22 am) re: Still no luck... (qwik: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 7:26 pm) re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 6:27 am) re: It works!!! (AphexTwin: Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 2:21 pm) re: It works!!! (Ucho: Mon, Dec 18, 2006, 9:00 am) re: It works!!! (Mac: Wed, Dec 20, 2006, 10:27 pm) re: It works!!! (Andy Yelland: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 1:31 pm) re: It works!!! (rob.j: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 11:53 am) re: It works!!! (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 3:01 pm) re: It works!!! (charles Parisod: Fri, Jan 9, 2004, 10:45 pm) hm (ryan: Sat, Jan 24, 2004, 5:59 am) re: hm (n1yso: Fri, Mar 19, 2004, 11:15 pm) re: hm (jozzer: Sun, Mar 28, 2004, 11:17 am) Thanks!!!! ;-) (Steve: Fri, Apr 23, 2004, 8:47 am) re: It works!!! (kevin: Mon, Feb 16, 2004, 3:53 pm) re: It works!!! 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(Donald Lugo: Thu, Jul 13, 2006, 2:53 pm) Really, really DOES work!!! :-) (Sharon: Mon, Jul 24, 2006, 1:27 pm) re: sound device error (Van: Wed, Feb 4, 2004, 7:55 am) re: sound device error (blublu: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 4:55 am) re: sound device error (keklin: Mon, Mar 1, 2004, 5:37 am) re: sound device error (Online: Tue, Mar 16, 2004, 3:46 am) re: sound device error (jozzer: Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 12:05 pm) re: sound device error (Todd: Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 9:30 pm) re: sound device error (Bill: Sun, Nov 28, 2004, 4:28 pm) re: sound device error (Michelle Y: Sun, Feb 27, 2005, 5:52 am) re: sound device error (Jon: Sat, Mar 19, 2005, 4:31 am) re: sound device error (jan: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 5:38 pm) re: sound device error (Tony: Sat, Sep 2, 2006, 8:54 pm) re: sound device error (randy: Sun, Dec 16, 2007, 9:24 pm) re: sound device error (adam: Sun, Jan 6, 2008, 10:31 am) re: sound device error (Vannessa: Fri, Feb 1, 2008, 9:53 pm) re: sound device error (mike: Wed, Oct 20, 2004, 7:49 am) re: sound device error (Modi: Wed, Jul 6, 2005, 12:08 pm) [OT] Who solves the hard ones... 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(Lara: Thu, Oct 6, 2005, 9:11 am) re: Please Help!! (Mike: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 11:41 am) re: Please Help!! (tam: Thu, Feb 3, 2011, 3:50 am) re: sound device error (dadadada: Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 3:05 am) re: sound device error (Roger: Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 6:11 am) re: sound device error (trent: Mon, Feb 27, 2006, 8:08 pm) re: sound device error (berde: Sat, Sep 18, 2004, 11:38 am) re: sound device error (nathan: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 5:57 pm) re: sound device error (Paul: Sat, Jan 15, 2005, 7:56 pm) re: sound device error (King: Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 4:55 am) re: sound device error (King: Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 5:44 am) re: sound device error (Tong Narak: Sat, Jan 22, 2005, 7:07 am) re: sound device error (X: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 9:33 am) re: sound device error (King: Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 3:33 pm) re: sound device error (mstbone67a: Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 7:33 pm) re: sound device error (thekman82: Tue, Feb 15, 2005, 2:45 am) re: sound device error (Andy B: Fri, Feb 18, 2005, 11:00 am) Nvidia Nforce Audio (irresson: Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:12 am) re: sound device error (Joe: Sat, Mar 26, 2005, 4:45 pm) re: sound device error (JeremyI: Fri, Feb 23, 2007, 8:46 am) re: sound device error (Agron: Wed, May 23, 2007, 1:43 am) re: sound device error (fahn: Sat, May 26, 2007, 4:10 pm) re: sound device error (Andrea Carr: Fri, Jun 1, 2007, 4:26 pm) re: sound device error (Dave Krieg: Sat, Sep 8, 2007, 11:43 am) same problem, half fixed...:-| (pavilion5300: Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 1:42 pm) re: same problem, half fixed...:-| (Dave Krieg: Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 3:35 pm) re: sound device error (Mutton: Sat, Mar 1, 2008, 11:39 am) re: sound device error (OrigamiUK: Wed, May 21, 2008, 4:21 am) you are the KING!! (pradeep: Tue, Aug 25, 2009, 2:20 pm) re: sound device error (MikeInFL: Sat, May 29, 2010, 11:48 am) re: sound device error (Heather: Tue, Jul 26, 2005, 9:30 pm) re: sound device error (Todd Hutsell: Fri, Sep 2, 2005, 11:00 am) re: sound device error (Neroon: Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 12:20 pm) re: sound device error (Yvonne: Sun, Apr 24, 2005, 4:02 pm) re: sound device error (Will: Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 5:56 am) re: sound device error (Zachary D Hughes: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 8:17 pm) Antique threads, why keep on recycling so long? 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