Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working

[Guest mjd803@yahoo.com]

I was getting this error, followed by Windows Explorer is Restarting,

almost anytime I tried to open anything in control panel with Vista

Home Basic. Was setting this machine up for a friend and I made the

mistake of installing the latest drivers from Intel for a DP965LT mobo

with the Sigamatel 9227 Audio Codec. I had installed several things

along with the audio drivers. At some point I realized I had this

problem and suspected the audio drivers because some things seemed

whacky relating to the Audio.

 

To sum things up I did a restore back to prior to installing this

Intel stuff amd fixed the problem. Then I started into re-installing

the various drivers and the failure occured after the Sigmatel driver

was installed which also installs some waste of time application. I

don't know if the application is the problem or the driver itself. I

did go back to the version that came on the CD and fixed the problem.

I then, just for drill, tried installing the the later driver from

Device Manager pointing to the folder where the .inf file is located

and Windows told me I already had the latest driver for that device.

 

The driver package I had downloaded is named

AUD_allOS_x5511_v5511_PV_IDTGUI_v005. In looking at the .inf file it

looks like this driver is NOT for the Sigmatel Audio Codec but for a

different chip that this board doesn't have. What's with Intel

anyway? Don't they test this stuff? Wait, I think I know the

answer! Hope this helps somebody else out.