by dustpuppy » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:49 pm
He's talking about those other 9 entries in that list.
All those LitexMedia ones. Go down the list, right click and hit uninstall on each one.
Actually, now that he's brought it up, having 9 copies of the same entry is a bit suspicious.
When you un-installed the sound card, did windows let you re-install it ?
Can you recall the name of that smart audio thing that you installed ?
Is this an HP notebook ?
I've got one other idea, if Chuck's doesn't work.
Try to remember the date when you did the update. Then go to the system restore program where you created that restore point. When the little box comes up select the option that says "Restore computer to an earlier time". It will then show you a calender. Some of the dates on the Calender will be in bold. Those are restore points. Select the last date that's in bold, that comes before the date you did the updates.
That should put your machine back to where you started, before you updated it. Reboot and try your sound.
If you have sound at that point, then you can try to do the updates again.
This time see if you can choose which updates to install. If so, try to only get the ones you HAVE to have and avoid any that have anything to do with sound or audio.
If the rollback doesn't get your sound back, I'm back to thinking the sound card is shot.
What you said about the way iTunes acted makes me think it's software, though. If it was the card, the song should have looked like it was playing, even though it made no sound... I think.
It used to be a bit pricey to have something like a sound card replaced in a laptop, so I'm making you jump through hoops, here, trying every other option I can think of.
If the rollback fixes the sound, but the updates kill it again, we'll try to find a way to get you connected at the Uni, without the updates.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES; NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.