Performance is now superb (better than before) and soundcard is now working nicely.Īlso, this proves that you can use another Windows XP installation on another computer -) without buying a new serial number from Microsoft.Why do you need Driver Booster to update drivers? Clean Problematic Display Driver Perform a fully clean uninstall and install. My Windows XP was from another asus laptop that has died lately and want to use this image on a old laptop to rescue my WinXP installation (and to be able to access all my programs and settings before i buy a new one and to be able to DO something).īecause the ACPI stuff does not operate correctly on the died laptop (because battery was poor and some other problems) i decide to change it to standard-pc but cause problems (driver problems) on this old laptop. back-from-standard-pc-to-acpi-the-clean-way/ I wanted to change the computer type but was unable to do it via the device manager of Windows. Because there is no volume control, sounds won't play.Īll right, it has something to do with the HAL settings of Windows. I don't think it has something to do with the driver or the device, it has something to do with Windows itself. PS: I don't have a restore point because it is disabled on this machine.

How can I restore these settings without reinstall Windows XP? I don't have the time to do that.

Maybe some 'Volume Control' settings or properties are incorrect for this device/driver. So there is no problem with the hardware.īecause the external Creative USB MP3+ Soundcard works okay and also the other XP Home installation works okay I think it has something to do with the registry.

Restore SndVol32.exe from the install cd but does not help.Īlso test the device with another harddrive with Windows XP Home (original drive), with same driver and works okay.

Search the internet but doesn't find a solution.

Tried an Creative USB MP3+ Soundcard and works okay.

Reinstall the drivers but doesn't solve the problem.

What I have tried to try to solve this problem: The Start|Settings|Configuration|Sound->volume tab shows me a volume slider that is disabled (gray) and I also cannot change the speaker settings.

In the device-manager there are no signs of errors. On some moment the soundcard does not produces any sound and the most strange thing of all is that the Master Volume has disappeared from the settings and cannot get it back (because it is simply not there) only wave, SW-synthesizer and CD-player.Īlso the properties window does not show any other options.

I have here a Windows XP Prof machine (asus laptop A2D) with a onboard soundcard (Realtek AC97) that was working previously OK.

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