re: sound device error
Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 6:11 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Roger
(2 messages posted)
I was able to get swenum.inf from a Windows 98 SE cd that I once used. But I think
the procedure to modify machine.inf does the same thing. Unfortunately for me, nothing
seems to work.
I run XP Professional with SP2. The odd thing for me is that I had once installed
Windows XP Pro and the sound worked fine. Then I independently added SP2 and the
sound worked fine.
Then I discovered I had a bogus copy of Windows XP Pro and decided to fix that by
buying a fully legitimate copy of XP Pro from a reputable vendor. It came with SP2
already on it. With help from Microsoft Tech Support, I installed my new XP Pro with
SP2 over my existing installation so I could be legal (I had an installation problem
and needed Microsoft to resolve it). After successfully doing that, no more sound.
I have the usual symptoms as described by many in this forum. I didn't know it right
away and hung up with Microsoft. Once I discovered the problem, I called back on
the same Case Number only to have Microsoft conclude that the problem was with my
hardware (SoundBlaster Live Model SB0060US). What a joke. The card was fine before
I decided to do the "right thing" and get a legitimate copy of XP Pro. Just for
fun, I installed the same card in another computer running Win 98 and it worked fine.
So here I am after two months with no sound. I am a musician and use an electronic
keyboard to compose songs in my computer using the MIDI interface of my sound card.
I also convert tapes and records into MP3 format to create my own library of songs.
So think of the pain that I am undergoing without having sound.
I tried both methods (King and Ven in that order), but neither of them solved the
problem. Short of going the FDISK route and rebuilding everything from scratch with
no promises that this will solve the problem, does anybody have any suggestions for
me. If I can't solve this problem, Linux is starting to sound better and better to
me especially now that Microsoft is heading in the direction of forcing me to buy
a new license if I change motherboards.
Thanks,
Roger
- Written in response to:
- re: sound device error (dadadada: Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 3:05 am)
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 |  |  |  | re: sound device error (Roger: Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 6:11 am) |
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