Driver Cleaner Pro

I just wanted to give a huge thanks to the developers of Driver Cleaner Pro. I recently had a small sound problem with my old Gateway MX6124. One day, after upgrading to Service Pack 3, I noticed that I had no sound with Windows XP. I tried uninstalling drivers, installing different drivers. I thought I tried it all some days. This is extremely annoying to a person that uses his computer for television. I went as far as installing RealTek AC’97 which is when I noticed even bigger problems! After reading instructions to try RealTek, I could not uninstall it from my PC without getting the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I was so frustrated. I tried everything I could, even uninstalling / updating drivers Via the Device Manager. Nothing, until I found a nice little application called Driver Cleaner Pro. It turns out, quite a few people have had problems with getting rid of all Driver files when installing/uninstalling. After I installed Driver Cleaner Pro, I Cleaned the RealTek Driver completely off my computer. I restarted, and I still didnt have sound. I felt doomed, but didn’t give up yet. I followed these instructions.

1. Go to device manager, find the Realtek AC ‘97 audio item under “Sound, video, and game controllers”. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVER.
2. Select NO if it asks to connect to Windows Update, click NEXT.
3. Select “Install from a list of specific location” and click NEXT.
4. Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click NEXT.
5. UN-select “Show compatible Hardware”. Now, CONEXANT should show up under manufacturer because you tried to install the driver earlier.
6. Click on CONEXANT on the left, then select “Conexant AC-Link Audio” on the right and click NEXT.
The driver will install. It may ask you for the location of some files a couple of times, keep pointing it at the c:\cabs directory.
7. You may hear sound right away, if not reboot and you should hear the glorious windows music!

I hoped this helped someone. I had to search for hours and hours, and this is the only fix I found for my specific problem. Post yours if you have anything different!!

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March 8, 2009 | Filed Under Windows, Q&A, Technology