What's your point?
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:00 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(23824 messages posted)
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On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:35 am, Duncan Collins wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>I had a major problem after re-installing Windows XP Home, NO AUDIO!
>After weeks of researching what the problem could be on sites like this one, I was
>still without sound. Running a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149
>laptop, I soon found that a whole range of causes could be responsible for the loss
>of sound.
>It drove me half mad! After weeks of slogging away downloading drivers for both
Toshiba
>and XP and re-installing the OS several times, the solution was much simpler than
>I had been led to believe. My original copy of XP was illegal I discovered. Plus
>I was using the disk version of XP rather than a laptop OEM file, which had been
>originally pre-installed on the laptop's HD. I only discovered this while looking
>on the base/back of the laptop for the part number. Next to the number I recognized
>a small sticker displaying the Microsoft Windows XP logo-and in tiny print a legitimate
>Product Key. After copying down the Key and typing it in, still no good, Windows
>claimed it was invalid! So I completely erased the laptop's hard drive by installing
>a linux OS. I then 'acquired' a Toshiba OEM file and burnt it to disk. The OEM installed
>smoothly without a hitch. Typing in the Product Key was a joy, it worked first time.
>Upon visiting the Microsoft Windows Validation page, EUREKA! the 'Thank You For
Using
>WGS' message appeared. I immediately went to the correct page and registered the
>product. After restarting the machine I visited the Toshiba Home page, selected
the
>laptop model and downloaded the highlighted sound driver. Unlike previous attempts,
>the driver installed smoothly! Restarting the computer once more, the sweet sound
>of the Windows startup 'jingle' filled the room!
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- No Audio? (Duncan Collins: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:35 am)
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