How difficult to remove/reinstall the audio card?

Brand new Dell Studio laptop
Vista Home Premium

I'm having audio problems with Adobe Premier Elements. The message says
"Failed to initialize the audio card. Your audio card must not support full
duplex."

I downloaded the latest drivers, no joy. So I'm considering removing the
card from Device Manager and reinstall it.

Used to be a piece of cake in the Win95-XP days.

How about with Vista?

James

Boot into Safe Mode to remove it in Device Manager - this will show
if there is more than one loaded driver set, delete all. Then just reboot
and load the latest driver.

"James Ivey" <> wrote in message news:...
> Brand new Dell Studio laptop
> Vista Home Premium
>
> I'm having audio problems with Adobe Premier Elements. The message says
> "Failed to initialize the audio card. Your audio card must not support full
> duplex."
>
> I downloaded the latest drivers, no joy. So I'm considering removing the
> card from Device Manager and reinstall it.
>
> Used to be a piece of cake in the Win95-XP days.
>
> How about with Vista?
>
> James
>
>

Thanks Spirit. I'll give it a try.

James


"Spirit" <> wrote in message
news:%...
Boot into Safe Mode to remove it in Device Manager - this will show
if there is more than one loaded driver set, delete all. Then just reboot
and load the latest driver.

"James Ivey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Brand new Dell Studio laptop
> Vista Home Premium
>
> I'm having audio problems with Adobe Premier Elements. The message says
> "Failed to initialize the audio card. Your audio card must not support
> full
> duplex."
>
> I downloaded the latest drivers, no joy. So I'm considering removing the
> card from Device Manager and reinstall it.
>
> Used to be a piece of cake in the Win95-XP days.
>
> How about with Vista?
>
> James
>
>

oh yeah. )

How do you get into Safe Mode with Vista?

James


"Spirit" <> wrote in message
news:%...
Boot into Safe Mode to remove it in Device Manager - this will show
if there is more than one loaded driver set, delete all. Then just reboot
and load the latest driver.

"James Ivey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Brand new Dell Studio laptop
> Vista Home Premium
>
> I'm having audio problems with Adobe Premier Elements. The message says
> "Failed to initialize the audio card. Your audio card must not support
> full
> duplex."
>
> I downloaded the latest drivers, no joy. So I'm considering removing the
> card from Device Manager and reinstall it.
>
> Used to be a piece of cake in the Win95-XP days.
>
> How about with Vista?
>
> James
>
>

You can also run MSCONFIG (Start - MSCONFIG in search box)

Boot Tab - check Safe box - OK and reboot

When in Safe Mode - MSCONFIG - Boot Tab - uncheck the box

"Bill Anderson" <> wrote in message news:x9ydnaSSN-...
> James Ivey wrote:
>> oh yeah. )
>>
>> How do you get into Safe Mode with Vista?
>>
>
> You go to Google and type "vista enter safe mode" without the quotes and
> you get this:
>
> 1. Restart your computer.
> 2. When the computer starts you will see your computer's hardware
> being listed. When you see this information start to gently tap the F8
> key repeatedly until you are presented with the Windows Vista Advanced
> Boot Options.
> 3. Select the Safe Mode option using the arrow keys.
> 4. Then press the enter key on your keyboard to boot into Vista Safe
> Mode.
> 5. When Windows starts you will be at a typical logon screen. Logon
> to your computer and Vista will enter Safe mode.
> 6. Do whatever tasks you require, and when you are done, reboot to
> go back into normal mode.
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Anderson
>
> I am the Mighty Favog