Take me by the hand, Please
uuhhh, Im a real newbie, and getting nevouser and nervouser about getting inside my pc, but if all else fails, I'll take the plunge. Can't get anyone to bring it down from it's perch, on the top shelf of my desk, until after the Christmas rush is over . When you get too old (and weak) to do your own thing, you have to wait until someone takes notice and gives you a hand.
In the meantime I'm open to any suggestions.
StormBringer, I talked to a tech person at Best Buy, who told me my sound is integrated into the motherboard on the type of processor I have, and if it is bad I can purchase a card that can be plugged in.
My question to you is .... if I do an uninstall and download the drivers, how do I re-install the sound device to see if that works? What I have is a rebuilt HP, and have no disk. The audio device listed is 'Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI Legacy Device' and is dated 2/23/1999. Is this what I need to uninstall if I go that route?
Another thought I have is ... I used Registry Cleaner around the same time I started having a problem with sound. Is it likely that RC could have deleted something I need for the sound? The program archives the deleted items for recovery, so I can check the archives if that's a possibility, if I know what to look for.
I hope I'm not becoming a pain with all this, but after surfing for many hours, this forum is the only place I've found any real help.
Looking forward,
joellen