Can't reinstall Audio driver

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Kami

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I was using Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 audio card on my comp.
I've recently had all traces of it (drivers etc) as well as my internal-motherboard audio card disappear for no apparent reason. (Maybe recent installation of Skype had something to do with it?)
The biggest problem is - windows doesn't allow me to reinstall audio drivers!!! :mad:
I've tried reinstalling drivers from my CD installation application, but it just quits without showing any error message.
I've tried manually installing the driver through the windows hardware installation wizard thing, but after selecting the driver from the disk the wizard reports: "The class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device"

Repairing windows did not help, and i do not wish to completely reinstall it at this time. Can anyone help me get my audio card to work?
 
Have you done a recent sweep for viruses and adware/spyware? This sounds like more of an issue related to that than Skype (because my friends and I all have it, and have never heard of this issue...) Anyway, try that and try to reinstall again. If that doesn't work, we might need to move on to something more aggressive. :)
 
Have you done a recent sweep for viruses and adware/spyware?
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Unfortunately I don't have an actual anti-virus scanner on my comp, I only have spybot - so i ran that and found no problems. I've also manually checked the list of running programs and killed off every non-vital process - this didn't help. I also ran an online virus scanner, which didn't detect anything. Finally i downloaded an anti-trojan shield program and ran that, and again didn't find anything.
Of course i can't be sure, but it seems like i'm virus free.
 
maybe u coud post a hijack this log in the other thread

hijack this is just a program thatll take a log file of ur comp and post it so that u fix these types of things...just google it
 
the other thread
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I'm sorry I'm new here, where is this other thread? :)

I'll just post the log here:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 18:55:53, on 26.03.2006
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

Running processes:
C:\LOSEXP\System32\smss.exe
C:\LOSEXP\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\LOSEXP\system32\services.exe
C:\LOSEXP\system32\lsass.exe
C:\LOSEXP\system32\svchost.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\svchost.exe
C:\LOSEXP\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\nhksrv.exe
E:\Program Files\Ipswitch\WS_FTP Server\iFtpSvc.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
C:\LOSEXP\Samsung\LaserSMMgr\ssmmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe
E:\Program Files\ABBYY\Lingvo 11\Lvagent.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\tcpsvcs.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\Grxp4exe.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\svchost.exe
C:\LOSEXP\System32\CTFMON.EXE
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
E:\Program Files\Universal Shield 3.1\US30Service.exe
E:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton Process Viewer\PrcView.exe
C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\TrayMon.exe
C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\LOSEXP\explorer.exe
H:\My Downloads\no-spies\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\System32\blank.htm
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Micro$oft Internet Explorer
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = 24.250.153.208:3128
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0 CE\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: ClickCatcher MSIE handler - {16664845-0E00-11D2-8059-000000000000} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\ReGet Shared\Catcher.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - E:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: ReGet Bar - {17939A30-18E2-471E-9D3A-56DD725F1215} - E:\Program Files\ReGetDx\iebar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\LOSEXP\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Samsung LBP SM] "C:\LOSEXP\Samsung\LaserSMMgr\ssmmgr.exe" /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD] C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Lingvo Launcher] "E:\Program Files\ABBYY\Lingvo 11\Lvagent.exe" /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LingvoTraining] "E:\Program Files\ABBYY\Lingvo 11\Tutor.exe" /ND /NW /AS
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Gravis Xperience Driver Support] Grxp4exe.exe /init
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\LOSEXP\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Startup: PrcView.lnk = E:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton Process Viewer\PrcView.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://E:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - shell32.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - shell32.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: ATI TV - {44226DFF-747E-4edc-B30C-78752E50CD0C} - E:\Program Files\Drivers\ATI Multimedia\tv\EXPLBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Express Cleanup - {5E638779-1818-4754-A595-EF1C63B87A56} - E:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton System Works\Norton Cleanup\WCQuick.lnk

(file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Express Cleanup - {5E638779-1818-4754-A595-EF1C63B87A56} - E:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton System Works\Norton

Cleanup\WCQuick.lnk (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - E:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - E:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - E:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe
O9 - Extra button: Affiliate Beta - {C49DD894-C6DE-4910-8C41-BA20F852D8BC} - shell32.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Affiliate Beta - {C49DD894-C6DE-4910-8C41-BA20F852D8BC} - shell32.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\LOSEXP\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\LOSEXP\web\related.htm
O15 - Trusted Zone: *.0.0.0.0
O16 - DPF: {0D6709DD-4ED8-40CA-B459-2757AEEF7BEE} (Dldrv2 Control) - http://download.gigabyte.com.tw/object/Dldrv.ocx
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {2917297F-F02B-4B9D-81DF-494B6333150B} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MineSweeper.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {39B0684F-D7BF-4743-B050-FDC3F48F7E3B} (FilePlanet Download Control Class) - http://www.fileplanet.com/fpdlmgr/cabs/FPDC_2.1.2.76.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1134168566309
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) -

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1134168558997
O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MessengerStatsClient.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://212.80.66.25/activex/AxisCamControl.cab
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) -

http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMessengerSetupDownloader.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{D2F152BB-5FA6-438F-8060-629C14365EC9}: NameServer = 71.242.0.12 68.237.161.12
O18 - Protocol: ms-help - {314111C7-A502-11D2-BBCA-00C04F8EC294} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Help\hxds.dll
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\LOSEXP\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown - C:\LOSEXP\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Ipswitch WS_FTP Service - Ipswitch, Inc. 10 Maguire Road - Suite 220 Lexington MA. - E:\Program Files\Ipswitch\WS_FTP Server\iFtpSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Netropa NHK Server - Unknown - C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\nhksrv.exe
O23 - Service: OpenSSH Server - Unknown - E:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin\cygrunsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Sandra Data Service - SiSoftware - E:\Program Files\SiSoftware\SiSoftware Sandra Lite\RpcDataSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Sandra Service - SiSoftware - E:\Program Files\SiSoftware\SiSoftware Sandra Lite\RpcSandraSrv.exe
O23 - Service: SPBBCSvc - Unknown - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: US30Service - Unknown - E:\Program Files\Universal Shield 3.1\US30Service.exe
 
Ok i still have no idea what the problem was, but it looks like it was solved.
I pulled the audio card out and then plugged it back in. Windows automatically requested new drivers and accepted the ones I had. It seems to work now although the sound it produces is somewhat different than before :confused:. Also whereas earlier, even if windows completely froze the sound was still comming out loud and clear, now every minor windows slowdown immidiately causes the sound to break/stop/skip/pause. :confused:

Anyway thanks for effort.
 
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