I wish I had all the answers, but I don't :-/

That was the best Greek-to-English translation I could do. I don't think I
know the Greek well enough to do it any better.

--
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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"villandra" <villandra******.com> wrote in message
news:1164508312.187269.225460@j72g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> 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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