Re: Well my dear, here is the answer....

Dear Beauty,

I am very happy to hear your problem has been solved.

Wish you a blessed christmas too.

Best regards,

Michel Denie

"BeautyCochran" <BeautyCochran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dear realcestmoi!!
You are going to laugh histerically at my discovery last night when I
finally was able to hear my wonderful Windows Media Player. First I
uninstalled the Realtek Driver and then reinstalled it, and got all the
settings in place and it still wasn't working, but when I clicked the
Volume
button on my keyboard to turn it up, it showed that the volume was half
way,
so I went to turn up my speakers and guess what!!! Someone who was
irritated
by my screensaver playing Christmas music and they had turned my speakers
off!!! ROFTL!!! It was my wonderful 18 year old son!!! I let out a big
wooooooooooowhooooooooooooooo!!! And have been enjoying Christmas music
every since!!!
I want to thank you for your sincere efforts to help me and the kindness
you
and everyone else have shown me during this painstaking process of
"someone
pulling the wool over my eyes and me not knowing!! LOL"
Sincerely though, you all have been wonderful especially you my friend.
I'm
sure I'll be back one day, hopefully for not the same reason and I'll
probably be in another forum!
God's Blessings to you during this Christmas season!
Beauty
--
Huggles-Beauty


"realcestmoi" wrote:

Hi there,

Driver updates are optional updates, so you have the option to take it or
leave it.

You should always check what updates you take in;)

So choose a custom install and see what is being offered and what might
be
usefull, my advise is to take one at a time so if anything goes wrong you
know which update caused it.

Best regards,
Michel Denie

"BeautyCochran" <BeautyCochran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Ok, I get what your saying, but the last time this happened I went to
the
Realtek Website and updated that driver and guess what? It didn't
help.
The
only thing I know worked was when I removed it and then reinstalled it
from
the HP Application Recovery thingie we have so we don't have to
reinstall
everything to an earlier restore or from ground zero.
If we aren't to update from Microsoft, then why in the heck did they
say
not
to diable the automatic update for security reasons in the first place?
Sheesh! When I find out about sound card I'll let you know. I need to
call
HP tomorrow if I can get someone in America to talk to me! And, not
disconnect me after telling me they wouldn't! LOL! (yesterday)
It depends on how I feel tomorrow, today was really a pain and I slept
alot
from the narcolepsy. If you think of anything before in the morning
(EST
time, it's now 7:39 pm EST) let me know, otherwise I'll get back to you
with
the sound card info after I go to device manager. :-)
Huggles!-Beauty
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Huggles-Beauty


"realcestmoi" wrote:

Hello,



Knowing which sound you have in your system is a pre.



Your manual should tell so.



Updating non Microsoft drivers at Microsoft is an absolute no;
updating
should only be done when really needed so if the hardware is not
working
properly.



In other words: if it ain't broke do not try to "FIX" it.



If you need to update a driver go to the manufacturers website for an
updated driver.



Further on it is advised to make backups on a regular basis.



System restore, booting last known good configuration or rolling back
on
the
driver might solve the problem if no backup has been made with imaging
software or by use of a reorn card or simulair..



If your soundcard is Realtek based you can find the drivers here
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/



Best regards,

Michel Denie



"BeautyCochran" <BeautyCochran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Ok...hmmm...more info huh? I don't know, first I might need more
info
from
you nice people! :-) OS= Operating System? Windows XP Media Center
PC
from
HP, it has the normal harddrive called C: and then a storage drive
basically
callded D: and then the recovery drive called E. Sound
card...hmm.....well
all I know is that this has happened twice and HP sent me straight
back
to
Microsoft. I believe the sound comes from Realtek, but not sure.
Let
me
know if that is what you are or aren't looking for? This computer
is
only
1
year old in January, it's awesome when it works the way it should!
:-)
I
have Outlook 2003 for email and IE 7 for browser. Right now Comcast
is
having problems with the smtp should I not get back to you for some
reason,
receiving is no problem so it shouldn't matter.
Thanks for all the help guys and gals! I don't feel well so it
really
helps
to have friends at Microsoft! LOL! Huggles-Beauty(<--as in
SleepingBeauty)
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Huggles-Beauty


"realcestmoi" wrote:

Hello there,
What makes perfect sence is:

For starters is giving good indepht information, like which os you
are
running and which sound card is disabeled and what patch did you
use,
only
than you can excpect some to provide you with some usefull
assistance.

Even an MVP like Shenan trying to help you out is not clear
sighted;)

So I think thank you for trying to help out would be a lot nicer
than
te
remarks you are giving him;)

Best regards,
Michel Denie


"BeautyCochran" <BeautyCochran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Thank you....There was a patch, actually two patches that messed
up
the
sound from Microsoft, then there was a patch to fix it and I
can't
find
the
page that says that! Thank you so much for you help, that makes
perfect
sense.
--
Huggles-Beauty


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

BeautyCochran wrote:
Hay everyone, after having to reinstall everything, Microsoft
has
done it again! I even checked all the updates to make sure
the
sound ones were not included! Alas! They were!! Can you please
help
me find the patch to end all patches? To get my sound back up
and
going again?
Discouraging!!

Not so sure this is a Microsoft issue unless you have one of the
older
Microsoft sound cards that you need drivers for?

Did you install the driver for your sound card *from the sound
card
manufacturer's support web site*?
If not - do that now.

Do not rely on Windows Update
(http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/)
for
hardware drivers. Always go to those who created and actually
support
the
product in question for the best support on that product for any
Operating
System.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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