well, i got vista home premium on feb 2nd.

I have a Compaq Presario V5303 that i bought on Nov 24th (black friday)

it has a "Windows Vista Capable" sticker.

On the second i got Vista premium and installed it, everything went smoothly. Installed perfectly, no problems.

Or so i thought....

a icon in my system tray that looks like a speaker with a "X" over it appears

when i put my cursor over it it says "No Audio Output Device is Installed"

i went to microsoft and updated my drivers and whatnot, then did the same on the HP website, still no luck.

my primary use of my laptop is for MUSIC producing!!! im a musician.... i NEEEEED my computer to play music!

someone PLEASE help me before i throw my computer at bill gates!

this is unacceptable.... it has a friggin' sticker that says it will work!

e-mail me

tymaulding at msn dot com