Problem w/ Driver update for C-Media AC97 Audio Device

I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto windows update
and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I apparently
lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared from my
bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like xp to roll
back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and rebooting to
see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install the old
one but with no avail.

Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as I can
to help towards a solution.

Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if you
must update use manu sites only.
In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw wizard
pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
drivers.

"obscene118" <> wrote in message
news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
> I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto windows
update
> and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
apparently
> lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared from my
> bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like xp to
roll
> back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and rebooting
to
> see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install the old
> one but with no avail.
>
> Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as I can
> to help towards a solution.

I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I went to
the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2 drivers
to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It seems as
though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it was. I
went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the cmedai
ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your post and
let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying problem.

"DL" wrote:

> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if you
> must update use manu sites only.
> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw wizard
> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
> drivers.
>
> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto windows
> update
> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
> apparently
> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared from my
> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like xp to
> roll
> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and rebooting
> to
> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install the old
> > one but with no avail.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as I can
> > to help towards a solution.
>
>
>

Hi there,
You should always check for driver updates at he manufacturers site never
from microsoft update: if it ain't broke dont't fix it.

Best regards,
Michel Denie

"obscene118" <> wrote in message
news:ED37289F-B4A4-4FA0-9353-...
>I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
> After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I went
> to
> the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2
> drivers
> to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It seems
> as
> though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it was.
> I
> went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the
> cmedai
> ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your post
> and
> let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying problem.
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if you
>> must update use manu sites only.
>> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw
>> wizard
>> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
>> drivers.
>>
>> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
>> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
>> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto windows
>> update
>> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
>> apparently
>> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared from
>> > my
>> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like xp
>> > to
>> roll
>> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and
>> > rebooting
>> to
>> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install the
>> > old
>> > one but with no avail.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as I
>> > can
>> > to help towards a solution.
>>
>>
>>

The automatic updates were on and this is what was installed. Your reply
didn't help at all for the situation. If anyone knows how to fix this please
respond.

"realcestmoi" wrote:

> Hi there,
> You should always check for driver updates at he manufacturers site never
> from microsoft update: if it ain't broke dont't fix it.
>
> Best regards,
> Michel Denie
>
> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> news:ED37289F-B4A4-4FA0-9353-...
> >I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
> > After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I went
> > to
> > the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2
> > drivers
> > to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It seems
> > as
> > though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it was.
> > I
> > went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the
> > cmedai
> > ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your post
> > and
> > let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying problem.
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if you
> >> must update use manu sites only.
> >> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw
> >> wizard
> >> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
> >> drivers.
> >>
> >> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> >> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
> >> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto windows
> >> update
> >> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
> >> apparently
> >> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared from
> >> > my
> >> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like xp
> >> > to
> >> roll
> >> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and
> >> > rebooting
> >> to
> >> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install the
> >> > old
> >> > one but with no avail.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as I
> >> > can
> >> > to help towards a solution.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

In other words: download the driver from your manufacturers website for
instance realtek if your hardware is realtek, remove your installed device
than search for new hardware and install the driver you just downloaded and
never use updated drivers from MS, only install updated drivers if your
device is not working or performing well: if it ain't broke don't fix it!

Best regards,
Michel Denie

"obscene118" <> wrote in message
news:4A2CC4C9-8818-4F92-8885-...
> The automatic updates were on and this is what was installed. Your reply
> didn't help at all for the situation. If anyone knows how to fix this
> please
> respond.
>
> "realcestmoi" wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>> You should always check for driver updates at he manufacturers site never
>> from microsoft update: if it ain't broke dont't fix it.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Michel Denie
>>
>> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
>> news:ED37289F-B4A4-4FA0-9353-...
>> >I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
>> > After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I
>> > went
>> > to
>> > the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2
>> > drivers
>> > to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It
>> > seems
>> > as
>> > though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it
>> > was.
>> > I
>> > went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the
>> > cmedai
>> > ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your
>> > post
>> > and
>> > let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if
>> >> you
>> >> must update use manu sites only.
>> >> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw
>> >> wizard
>> >> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
>> >> drivers.
>> >>
>> >> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
>> >> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto
>> >> > windows
>> >> update
>> >> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
>> >> apparently
>> >> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared
>> >> > from
>> >> > my
>> >> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like
>> >> > xp
>> >> > to
>> >> roll
>> >> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and
>> >> > rebooting
>> >> to
>> >> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install
>> >> > the
>> >> > old
>> >> > one but with no avail.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info as
>> >> > I
>> >> > can
>> >> > to help towards a solution.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Even with auto updates you can, and should, configure for critical updates
only.

"obscene118" <> wrote in message
news:4A2CC4C9-8818-4F92-8885-...
> The automatic updates were on and this is what was installed. Your reply
> didn't help at all for the situation. If anyone knows how to fix this
please
> respond.
>
> "realcestmoi" wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> > You should always check for driver updates at he manufacturers site
never
> > from microsoft update: if it ain't broke dont't fix it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Michel Denie
> >
> > "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> > news:ED37289F-B4A4-4FA0-9353-...
> > >I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
> > > After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I
went
> > > to
> > > the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2
> > > drivers
> > > to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It
seems
> > > as
> > > though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it
was.
> > > I
> > > went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the
> > > cmedai
> > > ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your
post
> > > and
> > > let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying
problem.
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if
you
> > >> must update use manu sites only.
> > >> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw
> > >> wizard
> > >> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
> > >> drivers.
> > >>
> > >> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> > >> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
> > >> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto
windows
> > >> update
> > >> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
> > >> apparently
> > >> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared
from
> > >> > my
> > >> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like
xp
> > >> > to
> > >> roll
> > >> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and
> > >> > rebooting
> > >> to
> > >> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install
the
> > >> > old
> > >> > one but with no avail.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info
as I
> > >> > can
> > >> > to help towards a solution.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

ok, we get it only update from manufacture's web site. My problem is I did a
full reinstall of windows and these C-Media drivers were installed without
prompting to me. I have a sound card and want to run the software and driver
for it but I cannot because C-Media is like a virus... IT WILL NOT
UNINSTALL!! So, how do you uninstall C-Media pci audio drivers?!?!

"DL" wrote:

> Even with auto updates you can, and should, configure for critical updates
> only.
>
> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> news:4A2CC4C9-8818-4F92-8885-...
> > The automatic updates were on and this is what was installed. Your reply
> > didn't help at all for the situation. If anyone knows how to fix this
> please
> > respond.
> >
> > "realcestmoi" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > > You should always check for driver updates at he manufacturers site
> never
> > > from microsoft update: if it ain't broke dont't fix it.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Michel Denie
> > >
> > > "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> > > news:ED37289F-B4A4-4FA0-9353-...
> > > >I deleted/uninstalled the C-Media AC97 Audio and restarted my computer.
> > > > After restart the wizard found the driver that was uninstalled and I
> went
> > > > to
> > > > the option to install from a list. Problem is that there are only 2
> > > > drivers
> > > > to choose from and they are both the same Cmedia ac97 driver. It
> seems
> > > > as
> > > > though I lost my old sound driver completly and have no idea what it
> was.
> > > > I
> > > > went into the device manager and saw that it automaticly installed the
> > > > cmedai
> > > > ac97 driver and there was the same "!" next to it. thanks for your
> post
> > > > and
> > > > let me know if you have any other solutions to this very annoying
> problem.
> > > >
> > > > "DL" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Winupdate is the last place you should source driver updates from, if
> you
> > > >> must update use manu sites only.
> > > >> In Hardware Devices, locate faulty device and remove. On reboot if hw
> > > >> wizard
> > > >> pops up cancel it, then manually install using the option to view all
> > > >> drivers.
> > > >>
> > > >> "obscene118" <> wrote in message
> > > >> news:095C1791-B8FE-4423-A11E-...
> > > >> > I am currently running Windows 2000 Proffesional. I went onto
> windows
> > > >> update
> > > >> > and downloaded/installed the listed updates. After the install I
> > > >> apparently
> > > >> > lost my sound. The audio speaker (to adjust volume) dissapeared
> from
> > > >> > my
> > > >> > bottom toolbar. I don't think win 2000 has a system recovery like
> xp
> > > >> > to
> > > >> roll
> > > >> > back to a different time. I tried uninstalling the driver and
> > > >> > rebooting
> > > >> to
> > > >> > see if the computer would recondize the missing driver and install
> the
> > > >> > old
> > > >> > one but with no avail.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Any help would be appreciated and I will try to give as much info
> as I
> > > >> > can
> > > >> > to help towards a solution.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

McMac wrote:
> ok, we get it only update from manufacture's web site. My problem
> is I did a full reinstall of windows and these C-Media drivers were
> installed without prompting to me. I have a sound card and want to
> run the software and driver for it but I cannot because C-Media is
> like a virus... IT WILL NOT UNINSTALL!! So, how do you uninstall
> C-Media pci audio drivers?!?!

Please give the actuall verbatim message you get when you attempt to install
the proper drivers for your audio device.

Also - give the exact model of your audio device.

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