Posted November 7, 200717 yr This advice is dangerous! I did this on my system and ended up with two Plug and Play Enumerators in my list of devices. My system was largely put out of action by this, and I had to run System Restore to recover. So be careful! In any case, a more likely explanation is that your 'Windows Audio' service is not running. For more information, see: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1123466906 Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk Bestbentwire@gmail.com;318407 Wrote: > Optrex you are a star - I've been searching all day for a solution to > the "No audio device" problem. > > I was just about to rebuild my system when I saw your post. > > Your timely post has helped me get my onboard AC97 audio device > working > under XP - thanks. > > There are literally hundreds of people out there with a similar > problem > - some of them going as far as to buy new audio cards etc. > > Julian B > > optrex wrote: > > OK we got it fixed. The plug and play software emulator had was > missing. > > Fixed by searching for machine.inf then copy to temp directory. > remove > > at about line 20 " ExcludeFromSelect=* " > > > > goto control panel, add new hardware, next (let it seach), yes > hardware > > is connected, next, scroll to bottom, add new hardware device, next, > > install from list, next, select system devices, next, select have > disk, > > point to amended copy of machine.inf in temp directory, scroll to > "plug > > and play software device emulator" in right hand column, next and > > complete install. > > > > > > -- > > optrex -- PaulSanders ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PaulSanders's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=34502 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=44823 http://forums.techarena.in
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