Vista loses my sound driver

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Cally

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I have an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. I downloaded the audio driver from realtek and it works until I turn off the computer. When boot the computer, the audio driver is gone. It's very annoying to have to keep reinstalling the sound driver every time I start my computer.

Why is Vista uninstalling my sound driver and if I turn off automatic updates, will it stop?

Or do you have any other suggestions for keeping my sound driver active.

Any suggestions are appreciated
 

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Cally said:
I have an Asus motherboard with onboard sound. I downloaded the audio driver from realtek and it works until I turn off the computer. When boot the computer, the audio driver is gone. It's very annoying to have to keep reinstalling the sound driver every time I start my computer.

Why is Vista uninstalling my sound driver and if I turn off automatic updates, will it stop?

Or do you have any other suggestions for keeping my sound driver active.

Any suggestions are appreciated
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Hi Cally, Welcome to the Forum.

It would help if you would give some more info such as the mobo model and which drivers you are trying to use.

Pooch
 

My Computer

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    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
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    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
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    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
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    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
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    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
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More information, okay.
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 dual core 3800+ Processor
Asus A8V-VM-SE motherboard
Not sure about the driver, all I have is Realtek High Definition Audio Driver under sound devices.
The problem isn't with the driver, it is with Vista installing it's own High definition audio driver (which btw doesn't work) over top of the realtek driver everytime I boot the computer. What I want to know is how to stop Vista from automatically installing it's own drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

Cally said:
More information, okay.
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 dual core 3800+ Processor
Asus A8V-VM-SE motherboard
Not sure about the driver, all I have is Realtek High Definition Audio Driver under sound devices.
The problem isn't with the driver, it is with Vista installing it's own High definition audio driver (which btw doesn't work) over top of the realtek driver everytime I boot the computer. What I want to know is how to stop Vista from automatically installing it's own drivers.
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Go here Guru3D - Driver Sweeper and install this program, then uninstall the Realtek drivers the normal way. Run Driver Sweeper and put a tick in the box for Realtek, click analyse, when it has finished listing click on clean. Restart your system and install the Realtek Driver http://www.vistax64.com/sound-audio/64250-latest-realtek-hd-audio-driver-version.html

I hope this helps,

Pooch
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB)
    Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
    And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
Well I tried that even though I knew it wouldn't work and no it did absolutely nothing to solve the problem.

I discovered the problem is because the realtek audio driver is an unsigned device. I have tried every method I found on different forums having to deal with the issues of Vista overriding sound drivers and unsigned drivers in general and none of these methods work. So for now I am giving up.

I doubt Microsoft is going to bother fixing this issue anytime soon if ever, and by the time they do, I'll have my new computer anyway, which won't be running any Windows programs. Really, Really done with Microsoft.

One final note, since these are Vista forums, if you don't have any real solutions to the problems people are having with Vista, maybe you should just not offer any as it just wastes people's time. Or how about a bit of honesty and tell people straight up there isn't a solution.

To anyone else having the same problem, there is nothing wrong with the Realtek drivers; The drivers simply are not digitally signed, and Vista will over ride any unsigned driver upon boot up, even though the drivers Vista offers are not compatible with the hardware. If there is a fix for this problem, Microsoft and these forums alike are not going to tell you what it is. I've wasted enough time on this issue and will now get back to my life.


pooch said:
Cally said:
More information, okay.
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 dual core 3800+ Processor
Asus A8V-VM-SE motherboard
Not sure about the driver, all I have is Realtek High Definition Audio Driver under sound devices.
The problem isn't with the driver, it is with Vista installing it's own High definition audio driver (which btw doesn't work) over top of the realtek driver everytime I boot the computer. What I want to know is how to stop Vista from automatically installing it's own drivers.
Click to expand...
Go here Guru3D - Driver Sweeper and install this program, then uninstall the Realtek drivers the normal way. Run Driver Sweeper and put a tick in the box for Realtek, click analyse, when it has finished listing click on clean. Restart your system and install the Realtek Driver http://www.vistax64.com/sound-audio/64250-latest-realtek-hd-audio-driver-version.html

I hope this helps,

Pooch
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Cally said:
Well I tried that even though I knew it wouldn't work and no it did absolutely nothing to solve the problem.
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It has helped me so that I am closer to finding an answer

Cally said:
I discovered the problem is because the realtek audio driver is an unsigned device.
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If this was the only problem then it wouldn't work for anyone

Cally said:
I doubt Microsoft is going to bother fixing this issue anytime soon if ever, and by the time they do, I'll have my new computer anyway, which won't be running any Windows programs. Really, Really done with Microsoft.
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I doubt also that Microsoft is going to fix this problem they dont make the drivers, that is a problem for Realtek

Good luck with your new computer I wish you well. :D


Cally said:
One final note, since these are Vista forums, if you don't have any real solutions to the problems people are having with Vista, maybe you should just not offer any as it just wastes people's time. Or how about a bit of honesty and tell people straight up there isn't a solution.
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If you would have some patience, I could probably pinpoint the answer. Problem is I need information about your computer so that I can work out what the best answer would be.

Not to worry though I will do my best not to waste your time anymore. :)

Cally said:
To anyone else having the same problem, there is nothing wrong with the Realtek drivers; The drivers simply are not digitally signed, and Vista will over ride any unsigned driver upon boot up, even though the drivers Vista offers are not compatible with the hardware. If there is a fix for this problem, Microsoft and these forums alike are not going to tell you what it is. I've wasted enough time on this issue and will now get back to my life.
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If this statement was true then the drivers would work for no one.

I hate to burst your bubble but as I said before Microsoft do not make drivers, The drivers that Vista offers.................... wait for it.......... are from Realtek :confused: :shock:

Have a nice day :D

Pooch
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB)
    Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
    And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
Control Panel>hardware and sound>device manager>check for ur audio items and make sure they are there and with no conflicts. may need to update drivers from this location cause it will search and even load older drivers so u dont have to every time u boot.
 

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    Gateway ML6437-est. laptop
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    Intel (R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T230 @ 1.86GHZ /1.87 GHz
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    factory installed/user customized
    Memory
    3 GB
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    onboard
    Sound Card
    onboard
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    onboard
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    1280 x 800
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    320gb wd caviar
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    factory
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    factory chassis
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    factory
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    touchpad factory
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