Sigma Tel Audio Driver update for sp1I called microsoft yesterday asking what will be done via this problem for
those who cannot get updated drivers for the Sigma Tel audio driver. The
problem is Sigma no longer makes audio drivers and passed it off to another
company who told me they are not making updated drivers at all for this type
of audio codec.
So how do you get updated drivers if you cannot? I have been on many forums
via Dell and Gateway and thousand of customers have the same problem.
First microsoft was giving advise to uninstall the driver and allow Vista to
find its own drivers for this.
Many did this and found they still had no sound.
Microsoft also said to uninstall drivers, put sp1 on and then reput back the
driver for sigman tel.
Many who did this found after the sp1 install, when trying to put back the
driver, Vista now came back with an error msg saying "This driver is not
compatable for Vista"
so they wound up again with no sound.
Well after talking to the tech and he confirmed that this is what was being
said- now when people call in they are telling them not do do anything and
wait because microsoft is working on a solution to this.
They say it will show up in Windows Update either a patch or fix for this
problem.
I received this morning an email from microsoft that I am passing in here,
some of the info like email or confirmation number has been taken out just
for security.
see below
this will confirm what microsoft told me, I received an email today
This is Smitha Nair with Microsoft Windows Technical Support.
I am following up regarding your Windows service request . Here is an
outline of the steps that we agreed upon during our call:
Problem Description:
Needs information on installing service pack 1 on a computer with sigmatel
audio drivers.
Troubleshooting Performed:
We did not perform any troubleshooting onthe computer.
Action Plan:
Kindly wait for further updates from microsoft which addresses the sigma
audio driver compatibilty issues with service pack1.
My goal is to ensure that your experience with Microsoft Windows Technical
Support leaves you pleased with our products and services.
If you have any feedback regarding Microsoft support, we would be glad to
hear from you. If you would feel more comfortable speaking with someone
else regarding my service, Sumit , my manager, would be very happy to hear
your comments and suggestions.
Live links in Windows MailI am unable to access internet live links from Windows Mail.
When I try, I get -
'Internet Explorer has stopped working' 'a problem caused the program to
stop working correctly'
'Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available',
which of course it does not!
The same applies if I click Start / Help and Support - I am unable to access
any of the live
links under 'Ask Someone'.
I have posed this question in microsoft/public/windows/vista/mail but they
are unable to help.
I am trying to find a solution without having to pay Microsoft £40+.
Any light that can be thrown on this matter would be much appreciated.
I just installed vista ultimate with SP1, and I've encountered some strange
behavior. When I first log into an account everything works fine, but when I
switch to a second account, or even log off the first one and then open
another, vista makes some problems. For example, the welcome screen appears
empty, no program is shown on the taskbar, and not all the notification icons
show up. Further more, it seems that the CPU start working hard for no
apparent reason, and if I open My Computer, it seems empty.
Does anyone knows why it happens or how to solve it?
internet helpi have two user profiles set up on my computer, the internet and aol on my
side has stopped performing (can't watch video's, download pictures, some
buttons don't work on sites) yet it continues to work just fine on the other
user profile, does anyone know what may have gone wrong on my side of the
computer????
creating a new simple volumeMy laptop had an 80 gig hard drive. I imaged my drive and replaced the hard
drive in my laptop with a 250 drive.
After reimaging my drive i find that I have 160 gigs that have left
unallocated. The only option I have is to create a simple volume. Everytime I
try to create the volume I gett this error " there is not enough space
avvailable on the disk to complet this action".
Vista not rendering 3D...I recently upgraded to Vista. I formatted my hard drive and did a clean
install. After installing current drivers for my video card and nforce4
board I installed World of Warcraft. Whe I tried to load it I got this:
I went to the WoW forums to see if they could help and a tech said that
something is stopping my computer from rendering 3D. He said to reinstall
video and directx drivers. So I did and it didn't help. He then said that it
could be a hardware issue. I told him that before I upgraded everything ran
fine. I played games without any issues. I'm sure if I went back to XP right
now I'd would have no problems. Could it still be a hardware issue if 3D
works on one OS and not another?
Any help would be appreciated. I'll be more than willing to provide any
information needed. Thank you.
WMV fileSometimes when I enjoy some type WMV file I see online and want to save it,
when I go to Temporary Internet Files, it's converted to a DAT file. In WIN
XP, it's in WMV so I can copy it to another folder if I want to keep it. Why
doesn't Vista display the same info in temporary internet files as XP does?
History and address barhow do i turn off the history of my address bar. I do not want ANY websites
that I have previously viewed to show up in the drop down. I have already
turned auto complete off and changed history to 0(zero), but websites still
show up in the drop down.
Please BAN all posts that have "FYI" in themThere is a dumb troll that keeps using "FYI" in his/her posts...
this troll is the epitome of stupidity!!! Its creating long useless threads
where its arguing with itself
but sucks in other posters that have not caught on to this treachery
Please ban all messages containing "FYI"
Users can do this creating a rule in their newsreader, or if Microsoft could
do that, it would be great....
It offers the .net update daily & after dozens of unsuccessful tries it has
finally installed - thus allowing 6 months of windows & office updates to
install.
Next the .net update starts showing up again & freezing out other updates.
Finally it installs again, and vista sp1 appears & installs.
NOW office 07 won't work & says "outlook (or excel, word, etc) is not
installed for the current user. Please re-install. Well it won't reinstall or
repair. Repair doesn't show up as an option in control panel, and when you
try to install from disc it just crashes almost immediately.
Of course - now I am getting the same microsoft.net 1.1 update offer which
will not install & is giving me error code EO434F4D which can't be found in
the microsoft database.
Can't Reactivate Windows after memory upgradeI purchad a PC whit Windows Media center 2005, after recived my upgrade for
Windows Vista Premium for this computer and only had 512KB... this week I put
more memory (2 GB) but I need re-activate my windows, but when I activating
online this failed.
recive error the my code is now activate on other PC but only have 1 PC,
Question .-
What should I do about re-activating my windows?
completey unistall gadgets from windows vista.i have installed some gadgets on the sidebar and i want to completely
unistall them from my computer, is there any way i can do that?
i don't want to just close them, i want to unistall them.
Subscribers to RSS FeedsGood Evening, and Happy Holidays... I have kind of a stupid question since I
am a newbie....Is there any way I can find out Who subscribes to my feed off
my site? I my be getting stalked and I just want to know. Please dont beat me
for this question.
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Thanks,
GrimmReality
Vista
i have installed some gadgets on the sidebar and i want to completely
unistall them from my computer, is there any way i can do that?
i don't want to just close them, i want to unistall them.
Re: completey unistall gadgets from windows vista.
jerryw4386
"pavilion_alex" wrote:
> i have installed some gadgets on the sidebar and i want to completely
> unistall them from my computer, is there any way i can do that?
> i don't want to just close them, i want to unistall them.
Hi
You go to the add new sidebar gadgets when you see the gadgets you want to
remove right click it and select uninstall it works every time for me !
Good Luck