plug and play software device enumerator uninstall wiped out sound

[Dan]

I recently had my computer crash while playing music. I lost my sound.
Looked on the device manager and saw an exclamation symbol on "plug and play
software device enumerator in "System Devices". I tried to update the
driver, but no joy. I then uninstalled the device thinking it would
re-install with a re-boot. It did not. Now I have no sounds and no system
device "plug and play software device enumerator.
I know the drivers involved are swenum.sys and streamci.dll but can't seem
to get them back where they belong. The properties in control pannel in
Sound Devices etc says "No Sound Device" I have re-loaded Sound Max from the
Intel site. I am running Windows XP Pro in an Intel Machine D865GBF
motherboard with a 3.4 Gig CPU.
Tried system restore but my restore points were wipeded just prior to having
this problem. So I can't get back to it that way.
Any one got an answer?

 

[Donald]

Looks like a driver problem. Did you try the driver for onboard audio device
instead of SoundMax?
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!
You can download the fifth one and install it. It is a good practice to
uninstall anything about sound on your system before it and disable
antivirus for a while. Clearing your temp folder also do some good. If you
can see it is there in Device Manager without an exclamation mark, then
reinstall all the applications on it.

 

[smlunatick]

Looks like a driver problem. Did you try the driver for onboard audio device
instead of SoundMax?http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&Prod...
You can download the fifth one and install it. It is a good practice to
uninstall anything about sound on your system before it and disable
antivirus for a while. Clearing your temp folder also do some good. If you
can see it is there in Device Manager without an exclamation mark, then
reinstall all the applications on it.

A possible solution is to "re-install" the Intel chipset drivers and
then re-install the "Realtek" HD audio drivers.