Philip:

Thanks for explaining this!

Now, this problem is so common that there are two posts on this
newsgroup that pertain to it.

Instructions on how to get new sound cards to work commonly include the
instructions to remove or disable ALL sound devices/ drivers before
installing your own sound card. In Windows XP, several of teh Windows
sound drivers show up as system devices/ drivers.

People commonly report they cannot get their sound cards to work until
they reinstall Windows, and do not understand why.

If someone has removed their Windows sound drivers, how do they
reinstall them, short of reinstalling Windows?

Keep in mind that many computer manufacturers refuse to ship backup
CD's of Windows. IBM will only ship me a replacement image of my
drive as it was when I got the computer!

Yours,
Dora Smith

On Nov 22, 10:25 am, "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote:
> "DoraSmith" <villan...@austin.rr.com> wrote in messagenews:LtZ8h.1493$_H5.760@tornado.texas.rr.co m...
>
> > Explain in detail in plain English, please. If the above article is
> > supposed to explain it, it is Greek to me. For example, how the ___
> > would
> > I know what a kernel is supposed to be? Let's leave that kind of
> > language
> > out of the explanation.Not possible.
> The Greek is required.
> Some things just don't exist in "Plain English".
>
> The most I can say is that it is in Layers. The Sound Card Drivers from the
> Sound Device manufacturer sit between the Sound Device and the Windows
> Multimedia components.
> Since those drivers come from the same people as the Sound Device they
> "speak the same language" and act as an interpreter which then speak to the
> Windows Multimedia Conponents on behalf of the Sound Device. If any of
> these get screwed up, they have to be fixed,...the hard part (nearly
> impossible at times) is knowing which ones are screwed up. Most of the time
> it is the Manufacturer's Drivers that get screwed up and need replaced.
>
> Also keep in mind that all of the drivers that come incuded with Windows
> (not the Multimedia Components) were supplied to Microsoft by the
> manufacturers of the various devices, and Microsoft simply includes them
> with Windows.
>
> That is the plainest plain English I can put it in. It is often impossible
> to be totally acuarte in the description when translating to Plain English,
> although I doubt I would be perfectly accurate in Greek either for that
> matter.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed are my own (as annoying as they are), and not those of
> my employer or anyone else associated with me.
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