Hi,

I feel a bit dumb, as I think I just uninstalled the necessary device.... I suddenly found I had no sound on my computer. Was cleaning up my machine. Thought 'sound max' was one I could do away with! The device manager shows no sound device now, WMP says no sound card or device.

Anyone got an answer for me, pref that doesn't involve money or hardware?

Have previously asked if there was a list or database or such that told you what the programs were that are installed. Got nowhere with that....??

TIA

Hi loosie
Is your sound card "onboard" or a pci card?

If it's onboard then the drivers will be on your motherboards' driver/utility disc

You could try running "Add new Hardware" from the control panel and let Windows search for your sound card. If it finds it windows sould install it for you.

Hi, Yes, it's 'onboard', if that means it's a virtual card - it's not a physical piece of hardware(be interested to know how I could delete that...). I don't have any discs that came with the computer, as I bought it already loaded. I do have another computer with the same loaded tho... can I get the relevant files from that? If so, how/what??

Oh, downloaded SoundMax driver & tried to install, but it says 'driver not found - reboot & run installation again' .... which didn't achieve anything.

Also tried another 'Virtual Sound Card' which I downloaded from Softpedia, installed & set as default, but that hasn't worked either???

Duh! Forget it! I just thought of 'system restore' so fixed the prob that way! Thanks anyway.

Ok loosie.
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