Don wrote:
> Back in November I installed the C-Media update and found that my sound was
> then gone. As I was going to WINXP Pro Service Pack 2 I didn't even bother
> to follow up. After getting SP2 installed the sound was again working fine
> and I remembered to hide that particular update. Today a new update
> appeared and I again installed this knowing that the earlier update was
> still hidden, so I figured it was a newer version perhaps correcting the
> previous problem I had experienced. Well, the same happened, sound was now
> gone again. So, I uninstalled the C-Media WDM Audio Driver software. After
> restarting I then had a Rundll dialog box stating - Error loading
> cmicnfg.cpl. The specified module could not be found. I installed the
> original driver from my motherboard (ASUS) CD and the sound works fine but,
> I do not know how to prevent the error message from appearing each time I
> start my system. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>

Look in these registry keys for the one trying to load this and remove it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

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Rock
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