I put Vista on my compaq laptop and now I dont have any sound devices! PLEASE HELP?
My Compaq laptop developed a trojan horse so I put Vista on it and now I do not have any sound devices! I can not hear anything.
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Go to Compaq or HP website ( usually www.hp.com), type in your computer model and you should see an option for your computer drivers there. download all your updates and drivers that you need for your sound, video, and etc... If that fails than that means your pc isn't compatible with Vista.
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download the audio driver for your sound card at your computers website 'support' tab
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You will need to go the web site of the company that makes your laptop and get a Vista compatible sound driver.
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I went through the same thing when I downgraded from vista to xp. You'll need to download and install your sound drivers. You can probably type your compaq model into google along with: vista audio driver download, and you should be able to download and install the driver and have sound. You might also find that after upgrading, more of your other drivers need upgrading so that they are compatable with vista. Good luck. ps. if you need virus protection the best one that you can get for free is AVG free edition. I run it and it is awesome. go to the sources link i left.
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uninstall VISTA and try reusing XP as 75% of people using the internet use XP and Microsoft are encouraging people not to change to vista if XP is working as there is still bugs in vista
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Windows Vista will give u some Default sound drivers if not so Go to the following URL and get drivers by simple entering Your Model number Or >> Press Windows+R >> In run enter "devmgmt.msc" >> A window will appear in that if the Audio drivers are not installed for your Pc >> Right click on it and ask it to Update from internet Simple your job is done
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you coul go to hp.com/support and look for a quick reference and download the driver for your sound device hp laptop would work fine with the operating system bundled with it. if your laptop is almost 90days old and you haven't created a recovery cd, and your in the U.S. you could call hp and they will provide you with a free recovery cd, this includes Operating System,Programs and Drivers bundled with the laptop. If you have a recovery cd, plug and connect the power cord to the nb, restart nb(notebook), keep tapping f10 before hp logo appears, in the bios page press f9 lo load default settings and select yes, insert the recovery disc, then press f10 to save settings and exit, as your computer boots up it will read the recovery disk and show a message press any key to boot from cd, press any key, then to do a system recovery just follow the on screen instruction, the process may take 1 to 2 hours, it will reinstall the Operating system first, after it is done reinstalling windows just let it sit because it will automatically detect and reinstall the programs bundled with the nb, the same with the device driver of the nb. if your nb is bundled with xp, it does not have a recovery partition if your nb is bundled with vista, it has a recovery partition, so to do a system recovery with this, restart you nb and keep tapping the f11 key before hp logo appears and then follow the on screen intruction to do a system recovery (all files will be deleted)
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