The issue is you're looking at a Realtek AC'97 driver, and frankly, the one on Asus's site is ancient—we're talking July 2005 territory. Just head over to http://www.realtek.com.tw/, Go to Downloads, then AC'97 Audio Codecs (software), Check the box that says "I accept to the above," hit Next, Select "Vista/Windows 7 (32/64 bits) Driver only (ZIP file)" (it's about 30MB and from September 2009), Grab the file from any of the three links provided.
Robin Hernandez8 said:I did exactly that, and that annoying noise finally stopped. But now, every single time I reboot my computer, the sound comes right back, and I have to go through the whole process of disabling it all over again. 😕
Go to Control Panel, then Hardware and Sound, and hit Change system sounds. Under Program Events, head over to Windows Explorer, Complete Navigation; you'll probably run into a Windows Critical Stop under Sounds for that specific path. Just select (None) from the drop-down menu, click Apply, and hit OK.
Let me know if that irritation finally cleared up. 😉
You might be able to pull this off using Windows XP (though you'd need Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate); otherwise, Windows Live Messenger 2011 supports HD video chat, provided you actually have a decent webcam—and a Logitech C250 definitely doesn't cut it for that.
Use the orange icon if you don't want this specific post to be the final thing in your quote; just hit Quote on the very last post you're looking at to reply to the whole group. 🙂
Unlike the Service Pack releases for Windows XP and Windows Vista, this one doesn't really offer anything "special" for home users who are constantly running Windows Update.
Once you're logged into Reddit, look at the bottom right corner of EVERY POST. You'll see three icons there (Quote, multi-quote, and quick reply); If you want to quote multiple posts, just click that middle icon on the first, second, or third post, then hit Quote on the final one (like the fourth one)
"Product activation is a licensing verification process needed by certain proprietary software applications[1]. One version involves a patent held by Uniloc, where the software takes hardware serial numbers and hashes them along with a unique Product Key to create a specific installation ID. That ID is then transmitted back to the developer to confirm the Product Key is legitimate and to make sure it isn't being recycled across several different machines." (link)
If you're just swapping out the drive and/or the RAM, you should be able to reactivate Windows using the same Product Key. But if you're replacing basically everything else, then technically you've got a whole new machine on your hands.
Anyway, don't sweat it. If you run into any activation headaches, just give me a shout. 😉
I grabbed the 64-bit version of WMDC from that link yesterday (Sunday)—it's about 12.5 MB once you get through the OS validation step—and installed it on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit without a single hiccup. To be fair, I don't actually own a mobile device for the software to recognize, but the installation itself works just fine. 🤷
Jose Cox6 said:I’ve got everything dialed in under Performance Settings, so visually speaking, this thing should be running at absolute peak capacity. Yet, here I am, still stuck with the classic Start menu and taskbar, and my backgrounds are straight out of Windows 7.😕 I need help. Now.🤷
Maybe the Desktop Window Manager is disabled. 🤔 Go to Start, open Services, and find Desktop Window Manager Session Manager. Right-click it, set the Startup Type: Automatic, and make sure the Service status shows as Started.
The other way to go is to hit Start and just fix the aero settings.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards - ASUS P7P55D
The Intel(R) chipset software Installation Utility V9 is dated November 4, 2009. As far as goes, these are the latest drivers available for the chipset.