Originally Posted by sticky_beans

It was a doosie and it took me a few to figure it out, but none the less I figured it out for my pc and problem. As the rest of you did I as well recieved the same message. I went to the manufacturer website (for me it was dell) and went to the support section clicked on driver downloads and looked for the audio drivers. Luckily there was only 2 of them. I clicked on the first one and it did not work, but I then went back after trying everything else in this string of replies and clicked on the second one and wala it worked. Now I have sound as though I had never lost it. I would suggest trying the same if you have proprietary equipment, otherwise you should go to the website of the manufacturer of the sound card that you have. Also if you have a motherboard with onboard audio and you are trying to use an added soundcard then you might want to try to disable the onboard audio. Anyway hope this helps someone.