Have you tried another computer?

You need to install the software/drivers that come with the sound card and probably any other hardware such as the video card.

If the card came with your computer, then try looking for the...

Im sorry your post was confusing.

Can you word that a little different so i can understand what you are talking about?

The controller could have gone bad or your USB port could have gone bad.

Try using it in a different computer, if it works, then its probably your computer that is at fault.

Im running Photoshop CS with Windows XP just fine. Its probably your computer or something on it causing a problem.

I personally use both ad-aware and spybot because they both always get what the other didnt. It guess it wouldnt hurt to have one more with the almount of crap on the net these days :rolleyes:

This is a valid XP CD right? And is the CD a Upgrade or Full edition?

I use http://www.trendmicro.com for my anti-virus

I just delete the program completly from c:/program files/messenger

How would you even know when to end this? This could go on for decades...

Someone will get shut down, then someone else will be in the leader. It will never stop.

This is going to be the longest contest ever.