annoying clicking noise after accidentally deleting audio ..

[Dave]

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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

 

[Guest]

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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

 

[Dave]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

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." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ujknQ2aZFHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

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." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:ujknQ2aZFHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> 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