[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Win98 help

[Daniel Hauck]

Fred James wrot
> All
> Sorry for the OT, and for such an old OS, but ... daughter sent a VOC 
> file, and wife downloaded RP5022drivers.exe from RCA 
> <http://support.rcaaudiovideo.com/downloads.aspx?product=23> because it 
> was supposed be OK for her Win98 SE ... and then all sound was lost - 
> including Windows startup sound, Power Pup (one of the paper clip's 
> persona), YouTube, etc.  Any suggestions on how to reinstate the sound 
> would be appreciated.  Thank you in advance for any help you may be able 
> to offer.
> Regards
> Fred James

Oh that's okay.  Run a Microsoft OS and get a Microsoft answer:

Reinstall the OS from scratch.  Do all updates, service packs and
drivers.  If the same results are yielded, then install the drivers,
service packs and updates.  Change the order of installation until you
get a winning combination.

One of the problems of dealing with a closed source OS is that you
really don't know for sure what the failing component is and, as you
already know, the error messages are less than accurate most of the
time... when you even get error messages.

This isn't much help at all, I know.  But it is something of a reminder
of why we choose to leave Microsoft behind when situations permit.