"tomshare" <tomshare@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti
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> Did 100% cleanup and then CAudio reinstalled itself on reboot.
> Please tell me a better way to get my sound back to NVIDA.


Well...let's start.

-Backup you registry

- Start regedit and find a key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

- There you'll find something that has to do with C-media, propably a
string "cmaudio". Delete that string

- Do a registry search. Search for "cmaudio" and "C-Media". Search
everything, not just string, but keys also

-Delete everything related to C-Media/cmaudio/cmc.....something

- Find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Control
Panel\Cpls

- Find "Cmcpls"

- It points to a file in c:\windows\system32

-Delete that file from the disk and "Cmcpls" from registry

- Go to c:\windows\system32
-Delete these files:
cmirmdrv.exe
cmirmdrv.dll
cmuda.dll
cmicnfg.cpl

-Delete C:\WINDOWS\System32\LastGood\cmicnfg.cpl

- Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers. Find every file that has something
to do with C-Media and delete them. Propably "it" is called cmuda.dll
but there may be more. They all begin with 'cm'. If you have doubts,
right click on a dll and check the Properties.

-Empty these folders:
C:\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\prefetch
C:\WINDOWS\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Temp
(Notice: You are not able to delete some files, perfdata etc. That is
not a problem)

- Go to Command prompt

- Type the following lines, Enter of course after each line:
net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 renamed_catroot2
net start cryptsvc

-Check c:\windows\Driver Cache. If you find there something that has to
do with C-Media, delete it.

-Find C:\ windows\system 32\dllcache and empty it (Do not delete the
folder)

- Go to Device Manager

- Find the C-Media driver. It should be under Sound, video and game
controllers

-Right-click on it and select Uninstall/Remove/whatever it is in English

-Open c:\windows\system32
-On the top of the Device manager list you can see your computer
-Right click on it and select "Scan for hardware changes"
-Keep you eye on the bottom of the window where you have
c:\windows\system32 open. If cmuda.dll, cmirmdrv.exe and cmirmdrv.dll
re-appear there, delete them as soon as you see them.

-Generic Multimedia Audio Driver having yellow exclamation mark on it
should now appear to Device Manager.

-Now you can install original drivers from your soundcard CD

If this does not help you, I've ran out of solutions, sorry.

I actually installed the C-Media drivers and killed my computers sounds
trying to solve your problem and I was able to get sound back with this
method.

--
J.K.