Beware of SB x-fi update

[Lester Stiefel]

In updating this evening, there was an update to the
drivers for Sound Blaster Xfi Extreme Audio, which I
retrieved from the site at MS update. This update caused a
corruption in the msvcrt module and directshow - an
unrecoverable update. I now have to reinstall XP windows.
I WILL NEVER TRUST MSUPDATE FOR ANY UPDATES TO HARDWARE!!!

 

[peter]

People in this and other newsgroups have been saying that you should update
your hardware drivers from the manufacturers website not through the XP
Update site for a loooooooooooooooooong time...............where you been???
peter

 

[Plato]

People in this and other newsgroups have been saying that you should update
your hardware drivers from the manufacturers website not through the XP
Update site for a loooooooooooooooooong time...............where you been???

True, but only if you decide that you really need to update. Otherwise,
dont fix what aint broken.

 

[Maincat]

I now have to reinstall XP windows.

Why?

 

[Gerry]

You could try System Restore using a restore point from immediately
before you troied the update!
http://bertk.mvps.org/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Gerry]

Lester

You could try System Restore using a restore point from immediately
before you troied the update!
http://bertk.mvps.org/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Elmo]

I now have to reinstall XP windows.

Why?

Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW, click OK. If any files are damaged
or missing, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot afterwards so
damaged files will be replaced.

 

[Gerry]

Elmo

To follow your suggestion you need a Windows XP CD post SP2 or a
slipstreamed version of your original pre SP2 CD and the SP2 update.
http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/xp-recovery-cd.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[M.I.5¾]

In updating this evening, there was an update to the drivers for Sound
Blaster Xfi Extreme Audio, which I retrieved from the site at MS update.
This update caused a corruption in the msvcrt module and directshow - an
unrecoverable update. I now have to reinstall XP windows.
I WILL NEVER TRUST MSUPDATE FOR ANY UPDATES TO HARDWARE!!!
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I had a similar problem with the driver for my laptop's modem. You should
be able to roll the driver back to the previous version through the hardware
manager (While holding the windows key down, press the [Pause/Break] key.
Select the hardware tab and then 'device manager' Look for your sound card,
right click and select 'properties', and then the 'drivers' tab. The option
to roll back is there.