Help save my son's computer

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:31:53 GMT,
newbie64@mchsi-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Newbie64) wrote:

>ops:
>Having half a brain is more dangerous than none at all. I recently
>read an article in regards to limited internet access and the
>potential for a virus to be infecting the drivers which was a problem
>I was having on my son's computer. I inadvertently 'lost' the whole
>driver folder and subsequently lost most of his computer. I've
>managed to regain most of it but am still unable to regain audio and
>use of the USB ports. I've removed the internet card and will try
>to re-install that once I recover the rest of the system. So here's
>what I'm working with and what I've tried. Anything anyone out there
>can do to help will be awesome.
>
>The motherboard is a Soyo SY-7VCA, I've been to the websites and have
>all the 'drivers' but when I point the system in that direction it
>doesn't see them for what they are. I've tried to restore to a
>previous save point but it won't move backwards from today's date.
>Under the System, I'm currently looking at "PCI-Multimedia Audio
>Device !" under "Other devices" and "3038 PCI to Universal Host
>Controller" (2 times because there are 2 USB ports I guess) under the
>USB Host controller section. I've 'removed" them and 'refreshed' them
>and pointed the system to the right files I have on disk
>(hotplug.dll, usbd.sys, among others) but the errors still prevail.
>The operating system is Windows ME and before I pulled the bonehead
>maneuver of the year it was all working okay except for the selective
>internet intermittent problem. I realize this is and older system and
>an older operating system but for my 12 year old son it's the whole
>world and I'd prefer not to trash the system because of my stupidity.
> Thanks for any help out there.
>Mark

While it's long, long time since I did anything serious in Win9x, and
I never worked with ME, so I could be dead wrong... Could it be that
the system is looking for .inf files or something to that extent to
figure out what drivers needed for the particular device(s)? IIRC
when you are downloading 9x drivers from manufacturer's sites, you get
both .inf and .dll zipped together. Anyway, try to figure out who
made your sound card and what model it is, hopefully they are still in
business and post their drivers for dl. Or maybe someone else has
them posted. If USB controller is on a separate card, also try to
figure out who made it, and dl from there. If it is on the
motherboard, search SOYO site.
Good luck.
NNN