Re: [PCWorks] Audio Driver
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:46:07 -0500
(Careful how you format your replies, because I only
accidentally scrolled down to see that you added more after you
said "Thanks for the reply Clint and taking the time." I
'opened it up a bit' so they would be more easily seen).
Ok but remember when you "search" that any packed/executable
type of driver files are going to have to be unpacked first in
order for anything to actually see the actual driver files
themselves.
I don't know why M$ would put AVG in any of their downloads!
Sounds like you got from some other website that adds garbage
to their downloads.
"HiJackThis is the program that I don't understand when I get
its' report. Don't you have to send it to someone for
interpretation?"
No, you don't need the report. The only thing that is for is
copying/pasting it into emails or forum posts to get someone to
explain to you what you may not understand if you need to
remove (what was tagged) or not.
Just scroll through the results it finds until you find
something related to this AVG toolbar, then check the box to
remove it. Always be sure you have the option enabled to save
backups of changes so you can put them back if something gets
messed or deleted that you ended up needing.
It will tag just about everything, it's PRIMARILY an INFO ONLY
tool. It's up to the user to look at it and say: "Oh yeah
there's the problem right there", then only check to remove
that. The rest of the valid legit entries can be checked to
IGNORE so they will be ignored on future scans.
-Clint
God Bless,
Clint Hamilton, Owner
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Browning"
Thanks for the reply Clint and taking the time.
On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:52 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
wrote:
> ?? Odd. I believe that is just some really generic audio
> driver and if anything XP should find that on its own. It
> also
> should be in the audio drivers you're using. You may have to
> navigate to the path where the audio drivers are, and note
> that
> you cannot just show it some ".exe" file, you may have to
> unpack a .exe file (or .zip or .rar, etc.), in order to find
> the .inf or .sys files that are actually the drivers. (If a
> file can be unpacked, you'll notice it if you right click and
> drag a file that can be unpacked (or extracted) you'll see in
> the context menu something like "Extract" or "unpack", but of
> course you'll need WinZip installed and I believe even WinRAR
> in some cases to have these options). Then you can try to
> nav
> to the folder where you have these .inf and .sys files to see
> if one of those will work.
> http://www.midiworld.com/midi-forum/messages2/2803.html
Mycomments:
I did the normal thing and let XP search for a driver as the
device manager was yellow.
It always comes back not finding a driver. I will search on my
disks and on the system for the drivers.
> How did you get an AVG toolbar on a clean install? (I assume
> you mean "toolbar" instead of "taskbar"?) Don't EVER install
> any toolbars! I have never found one that's actually just a
> BENIGN toolbar with really helpful features. They all seem
> to
> hijack IE, and send all kinds of info back home. Most are
> actually a kind of "malware", even from anti-malware places!
> Because, like I said, they are so 'hand-holding', intrusive,
> and hijacking in nature.
My comments:
I did mean Toolbar and I think I was trying to get AT&T to get
me on the internet when a message popped up telling me I need a
later version of IE. When I downloaded IE 8 there must have
been a box with a check mark in it that would download AVG and
I missed it. My mistake. Guess I need to slow down sometimes.
> You should always install HijackThis FIRST before you do
> anything else because it can in many cases remove the BS that
> won't remove by conventional means. It's good at removing
> toolbars and various BHO's (browser "helper" objects, which
> aren't exactly "helper" objects to the victims!) But note
> that
> some BHO's are NEEDED, legit and useful and you do not want
> to
> remove those.
> -Clint
My comments:
I think HiJackThis is the program that I don't understand when
I get its' report. Don't you have to send it to someone for
interpretation? I'll install it later today.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Browning"
>
> I need a driver for the audio part of a recent XP
> installation.
> According to Belarc it is a MPU-401 Compatible MIDI device.
>
> When I search for one I can't get away from all the various
> downloads that want to scan for drivers etc.
> It's getting tough anymore to download a clean program
> without
> all these tag alongs.
>
> I've got one that I can't get rid of. AVG task bar for IE.
> Won't uninstall. I have disabled it but still can't uninstall
> it.
>
> Thanks again
> LarryB
>
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