I don't think I got a disk, it came from Dell, they shipped me the computer.

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:31:25 -0800, Danielle wrote:
>
> > My soundcard came with the computer I have no way to install it again.
>
> You don't need to reinstall the sound card - just the drivers for it. Your
> computer may have come with a disk marked "drivers." That would be a good
> place to check for it.
>
> > I went control panel>Performance and maintenance>Free up space on your hard
> > disk. Then it ran its course, I also performed the windows components one.
>
> Okay,that is the Disk Cleanup tool. Also reachable by going to Start>
> Accessories> System Tools> Disk Cleanup. The portion for "components" hooks
> into Add/Remove Programs and shows the Add/Remove Windows Components
> interface.
>
> It's kind of misleading how it shows up with boxes already checked for you.
> It is not making recommendations, it is wanting you to go through the list
> and remove checks from items you no longer want installed.
>
> You can get Paint and Calculator back using this interface.
> Open Control Panel. Click on Add or Remove Programs. On the screen that
> appears, click "Add/Remove Windows Components" in the left hand column. A
> new screen will appear.
>
> "Accessories and Utilities" should already be highlighted. If it's not,
> click on it to select it. Then click the Details button. On the next
> screen, select Accessories and click Details again. Finally, on the screen
> that appears, place check marks next to Calculator and Paint. Click OK and
> Windows should reinstall those programs for you.
>
> There's a bit of snag in getting Volume Controls back. Once it's installed
> and uninstalled, it doesn't show up in Add/Remove Components again. Why I
> don't know but that's how it is. So if reinstalling sound drivers doesn't
> give back the Volume Controls, you could search your Windows XP CD for the
> file that runs Volume which is named sndvol32.exe. If the file is
> compressed on the CD it's name will show as sndvol32.ex_ You can use Start>
> Run> MSCONFIG> EXPAND to expand the file properly.
>
> Or easier if you have another computer available nearby that runs XP is to
> copy the file and transfer it to your PC. It should be placed in the
> \Windows\System32\ folder. Create a shortcut to that file. Rename it
> "Volume Controls" and place that shortcut into your start menu.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>