Thanks Willow, I'll have to try it. I've seen that list of files and considered doing just that, but I didn't want to try it without being sure. On a serious note about the registry, I'm wondering if there isn't information saved there saying I have the driver from Windows Update (because I got it once) and that's why it doesn't offer it again.
So I disable the card, uninstall the drivers, and then manually remove the files before rebooting? I still can't understand why XP likes that driver so much. It isn't the one that came on the machine or anything. Maybe it's the only one I've ever installed correctly...lol.
I actually got the new driver to work. I uninstalled the old driver, and installed the new one before rebooting. I figured it would melt my soundcard, but it didn't. The only problem I can see is that it doesn't list the driver version. It lists the date of the driver and that it's MS certified, but no X.XXX.X.X version. I think I'll try some more..... [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]