No listing in devmgmt means the device is not connected at all, not that the
driver is bad. If Windows does not see the sound device, it's disconnected
or broken.

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"Brandias" <Brandias@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I had the standard issues with downgrading to XP from Vista with sound and
> the realtek HD drivers. I finally got those installed and resolved the
> conflicts in my device manager. Everything seems to be working just fine,
> except I have no sound and no audio devices listed. Not under Sound or
> the
> Device manger. I don't know what to do anymore. There are no further
> updates for me to get, so I am thinking that somewhere I missed a driver
> that
> isn't important enough to tell me it's missing. Can someone help?