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annoying clicking noise after accidentally deleting audio driver and reinstalling
I accidentally deleted the audio driver or device while in device manager.
When I let Windows re-install it, I get a clicking noise over the audio of almost all audio sources until I click on the taskbar, then the noise is gone and the audio is normal. I used the Win98 CD for the drivers instead of the Win95 recovery CD that was the original OS. Anyone have an idea? Thanks, Dave |
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IF the files weren't deleted, and you only let windows reconfigure that one
driver, a simple fix might be to just restore the previous day's registry backup. (There are normally 4 previous days of registry backups, so time is of the essence here). (OTOH, if you did a more complete reinstall of Windows, with a bunch of drivers, this may not be such a great idea) Dave wrote: I accidentally deleted the audio driver or device while in device manager. When I let Windows re-install it, I get a clicking noise over the audio of almost all audio sources until I click on the taskbar, then the noise is gone and the audio is normal. I used the Win98 CD for the drivers instead of the Win95 recovery CD that was the original OS. Anyone have an idea? Thanks, Dave |
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This was done over a year ago, so restoring the registry isn't an option,
and yes I let windows reconfigure the audio drivers. It isn't too bad, just annoying that I have to click on any icon on the (right side) taskbar to stop the noise. Dave "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... IF the files weren't deleted, and you only let windows reconfigure that one driver, a simple fix might be to just restore the previous day's registry backup. (There are normally 4 previous days of registry backups, so time is of the essence here). (OTOH, if you did a more complete reinstall of Windows, with a bunch of drivers, this may not be such a great idea) Dave wrote: I accidentally deleted the audio driver or device while in device manager. When I let Windows re-install it, I get a clicking noise over the audio of almost all audio sources until I click on the taskbar, then the noise is gone and the audio is normal. I used the Win98 CD for the drivers instead of the Win95 recovery CD that was the original OS. Anyone have an idea? Thanks, Dave |
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Perhaps Windows didn't pick the best (meaning, most up-to-date) sound driver
for your system, and you can go into Device Manager, and select Update Driver, and do a search for a better one (if it's still on your hard drive, or from a sound driver on a CD that came with your system). (?) And while you're in there (Device Manager), make sure there are no yellow exclamation points, indicating some other, possibly related, driver problems. Dave wrote: This was done over a year ago, so restoring the registry isn't an option, and yes I let windows reconfigure the audio drivers. It isn't too bad, just annoying that I have to click on any icon on the (right side) taskbar to stop the noise. Dave "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... IF the files weren't deleted, and you only let windows reconfigure that one driver, a simple fix might be to just restore the previous day's registry backup. (There are normally 4 previous days of registry backups, so time is of the essence here). (OTOH, if you did a more complete reinstall of Windows, with a bunch of drivers, this may not be such a great idea) Dave wrote: I accidentally deleted the audio driver or device while in device manager. When I let Windows re-install it, I get a clicking noise over the audio of almost all audio sources until I click on the taskbar, then the noise is gone and the audio is normal. I used the Win98 CD for the drivers instead of the Win95 recovery CD that was the original OS. Anyone have an idea? Thanks, Dave |
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