Monday, November 2, 2009

Beware of Windows XP SP3

Many are losing sound after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3.

The problem is that the system thinks your sound device is a PCI device or even (in one case) a modem. Simply uninstall Windows SP3.

I used the hidden folder, c:\windows\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst -- method two.

Took me about three hours to figure out the cause of the problem and then after you uninstall SP3, it takes another hour to reinstall the XP security updates, one of which failed to install.