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Micah Cohen · 09-15-2006, 08:59 AM

Huh. Thanks so much for all this input. I am a computer idiot, even tho I've been online since the 80s, and this kind of stuff really baffles me. I just want the thing to work. Just work, Bill!

Now, it's doing some other weird stuff. Now it's "updating" Windows itself, which it never did before. A little round icon appears in the task bar and Windows "updates itself." Huh? And, this is even weirder, I seem to have lost my sound card driver. I didn't delete anything, except for Norton, and now I have no sound card driver so I can only hear "system" sounds and not other sounds. I can't figure out what sound card I have or what driver I need (what's the sound card of this Gateway laptop? "Media Control Devices"? I have no idea), otherwise I'd download it from drivers dot com or something. Do I even have my original Windows discs? I'll have to check.

If I reinstall Windows, I basically have to archive and save all my folders and work, correct? Wipe the drive and re-do everything, huh?

I wish this were easier. Thank you again for your knowledge and suggestions.

MC

09-15-2006, 08:59 AM	#8 of 9
Micah Cohen Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Local Time: 07:21 PM Local Date: 12-01-2008 Posts: 1,457	Re: a little tech help needed (tsk mngr, running file questions) Huh. Thanks so much for all this input. I am a computer idiot, even tho I've been online since the 80s, and this kind of stuff really baffles me. I just want the thing to work. Just work, Bill! Now, it's doing some other weird stuff. Now it's "updating" Windows itself, which it never did before. A little round icon appears in the task bar and Windows "updates itself." Huh? And, this is even weirder, I seem to have lost my sound card driver. I didn't delete anything, except for Norton, and now I have no sound card driver so I can only hear "system" sounds and not other sounds. I can't figure out what sound card I have or what driver I need (what's the sound card of this Gateway laptop? "Media Control Devices"? I have no idea), otherwise I'd download it from drivers dot com or something. Do I even have my original Windows discs? I'll have to check. If I reinstall Windows, I basically have to archive and save all my folders and work, correct? Wipe the drive and re-do everything, huh? I wish this were easier. Thank you again for your knowledge and suggestions. MC ultramicah@yahoo.com "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."