Thanks for the input ya'll.
I am happy to announce that 12 hours after re-installing windows my computer randomly promped me for my win 89 disk and proceeded to load some files and now
my sound works perfect and my PC runs better than ever.
I feel like I have been through the PC twilight zone, but I have made through unscathed!
*cue up twilight zone music*
Thanks again! [img]smile.gif[/img]