Quote: Originally Posted by
flukezoid 
sorry aint been intouch .. and thatnks for your help .. unfortunatly my friend stays in ireland .. so i cant get my hands on his computer ,, i was helping him through msn.. we have uninstalled the driver and reinstalled it again heaps of times .. this has happened a few times .. he resorts to wiping his system and rebooting his comp to the factory settings .. this seems to work until he gets all the new updates from microsoft and everywhere else.. then it all goes pear shaped again... sorry to be such a pain in the bum .. but thanks for all you are doing
.. steve
Hey Steve,
Try this
Go to Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall a program and uninstall the Realtek entry this will uninstall the drivers and the software and ask for a restart. Restart the computer Vista will automatically reload the drivers without the software. The sound should now work.
Should the drivers not be automatically loaded go to Control Panel, Classic View, Add Hardware accept the UAC promt, press next, and press next the Hardware should now be found and Drivers installed
I hope this helps
Pooch