i ran into a problem when i uninstalled the sound driver, when i try to install a new driver it cannot detect a sound device, like this:
i tried this before and found a way to get around it, but this whole thing has me pretty frustrated and i have forgot how i managed to do so.
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i did buy this computer with vista premium, its approximately 4 months old and i havent had any problems with it until this issue came up.