RE: Updated driver: IDT Hi Def Audio CODEC: Disabled my Audio device !



"Per Nermo" wrote:

I was encouraged today bt WindowsUpdate to install (yesterday's) optional
new version (from Sep 2007 ?) of the "IDT High Definition Audio CODEC"
(driver), and having done so, after a system Restart, I got the message "No
sound device installed" (and the loudspeaker icon was crossed out red in the
System Tray).

I then entered the CP - System - Device handler - Sound device - and 'rolled
back' to the previous driver version, then OK'd and immediately my Sound
Device was back again, fresh and sound (literally).

How is it that we obviously can not trust Microsoft to provide fully tested
software pushed by Windows Update ? What is MS intending to do to avoid
problems like this ?

OR: What did I do wrong to experience this ? Did I miss a warning that
installing this update might remove my Sound Device ?

Does there exist a means to "re-enable" the Sound Device with the updated
driver version installed ?

(I'm running Vista (Home Premium) SP 1 (installed on Apr 18 through
WindowsUpdate) on a DELL 9400 Inspiron LapTop)

regards,
Per Nermo
Oslo, Norway
Hello, I just got the sound back on my computer. The entire audio was wiped out from the update last
.

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