Mike, In my personal opinion onboard sound is never good it. I love my separate sound card. And will always stay with a seperate board. Currently I have a SB Live 5.1 Special Edition and it is a great board. Cobus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Karen" <mgutzmer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Problems with Win ME! > > > I did a down and dirty re-install of ME yesterday, and the USB's came back > and it also cleared up a couple of other small problems I was having with > IE. I have on board audio and that hasn't come back, but the audio has > always given me problems. I'm to the point of getting a separate soundboard > altogether. > Thanks! > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glo > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:13 AM > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Problems with Win ME! > > > I'm having the same problem and I was searching for a solution when I came > across the advice to use system restore to remove the wmp update from ME. > (I think it was in the FAQ, but couldn't find it again!) Anyway, I'm going > to restore, I can live without all that aggravation! What I was reading > sounded as if they (MS) are aware of this problem. It's very annoying, > these downloads took a long time. I did all the same ones you did, with > restore they'll be all gone.I should take my own advice: if it ain't broke, > don't fix it! I was doing fine before these downloads.--Glo > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike & Karen > To: PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:45 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Problems with Win ME! > > > > On Sunday I did the following downloads: > > Successful Sunday, April 20, 2003 Root Certificates Update[NL]Read more... > Web site > Successful Sunday, April 20, 2003 DirectX 9.0a End-User Runtime[NL]Read > more... Web site > Successful Sunday, April 20, 2003 VIA Technologies, Inc. Media Driver > Version 6.14.01.3900 Web site > Successful Sunday, April 20, 2003 Windows Media Player 9 Series Web site > > > Since then the machine can't find my USB's, audio, and the Windows Media > Player does not work. I've tried to download from manf. Site the needed > downloads but that hasn't worked. > > For a simpleton - any suggestions? > > Basic Info: > I'm running Win ME > AMD Athlon-PECM 750 > MotherB - ECS K7VZA > Chipset - VIA VT8363(A) ApolloKT133(A) > > All suggestion will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Mike G. > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk