Well I got that MSN photo virus and managed to get the internet back, but theres still a problem and that there is nothing in the device manager, and naturally, no sound...is there anyway to fix this?
I am on a Compaq Presario 56500NX. and no i belive the virus still exists somewhere...and I mean nothing is in the device manager as in absolutly nothing is in there. Nada. Zip.
I think the only time I've heard of the Device Manager being empty/disappear was the time my friend tried using a registry cleaner which claimed to work for XP x64. Just after using it, his Device Manager was empty.
Whatever the case is with you (not that I'm suggesting the story above is in anyway related to your situation), I would personally just reinstall Windows. You'll spend more time hunting for phantoms and trying to learn how to reverse damage than you would just backing up and reinstalling.