Audio drivers?

I have only been on this site a matter of days, and already I have been
helped with my son's computer, but now I have a question for me. I
noticed an ad for Driver Genius, and thnking it might be time to update
drivers or whatever, I downloaded this software, and installed it. It
scanned my drivers and found several that needed updating, but I
couldn't determine how much the program cost or if it was a subscription
service or what, so I decided not install it right away. After that I
have no audio, and I was infected with a ton of Trojans, that took me
all of 3 days to eliminate, but I still have no audio. System says the
driver is okay and working, and it was working fine before that, so I am
looking for a little guidance on how to proceed. It's an HP Pavilion
xt953 upgraed to XP with an intel(r) 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

"Fortebello" <Fortebello.3csuiz@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> I have only been on this site a matter of days, and already I have been
> helped with my son's computer, but now I have a question for me. I
> noticed an ad for Driver Genius, and thnking it might be time to update
> drivers or whatever, I downloaded this software, and installed it. It
> scanned my drivers and found several that needed updating, but I
> couldn't determine how much the program cost or if it was a subscription
> service or what, so I decided not install it right away. After that I
> have no audio, and I was infected with a ton of Trojans, that took me
> all of 3 days to eliminate, but I still have no audio. System says the
> driver is okay and working, and it was working fine before that, so I am
> looking for a little guidance on how to proceed. It's an HP Pavilion
> xt953 upgraed to XP with an intel(r) 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>

First just check to see if audio is set to "mute", if so, uncheck the box.

Otherwise:

Try uninstalling your sound card

reboot, then let windows re-install


and of course I'm sure you will stay away from scams in the future!