Vista to XP no sound?

My girlfriend just got a new emachines computer for xmas, and is no
happy with vista to say the least. She just got a copy of X
professional(yes real product key), but when she installed it she go
no sound. now besides checking the usual dumb things like mute etc
what could be the problem

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dlo929

You might check the manufacturers web site for XP drivers for the sound
card.

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Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com

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"dlo929" <> wrote in message
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> My girlfriend just got a new emachines computer for xmas, and is not
> happy with vista to say the least. She just got a copy of XP
> professional(yes real product key), but when she installed it she got
> no sound. now besides checking the usual dumb things like mute etc,
> what could be the problem?
>
>
> --
> dlo929

"dlo929" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> My girlfriend just got a new emachines computer for xmas, and is not
> happy with vista to say the least. She just got a copy of XP
> professional(yes real product key), but when she installed it she got
> no sound. now besides checking the usual dumb things like mute etc,
> what could be the problem?
>
>
> --
> dlo929



What happens when you download and install the WinXP-specific audio drivers,
as provided by the sound card's manufacturer?

Have you looked in Device Manager to see if there are any flags against
the audio entry there?

If she recently ran Windows Update and applied one of the fixes, and if
the machine has a Realtek chip, then loss of sound can be a consequence
of that.

Have a look at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/935448/

But more likely is that XP as she got it does not have the drivers for
sound? Check the emachines website and see if they ever supplied that
model with XP on it and if there are sound drivers to download.