Realtek Sound Drivers keep getting replaced by generic sound drives causing no sound

After sleep mode or rebooting I often find the sound not working.  When I check the in device manager the realtek drivers have been replaced by the generic Audio Device drivers and/or disabled or uninstalled. I have reloaded the realtek drivers, uninstalled the generic Audio Device on High Definition drivers, disabled the generic Audio Device on High Definition drivers, disabled automatic driver and software updates, erased  C:\Windows\inf\hdaudio.inf., as well as a few other fixes  etc. Some of these solutions would work for a bit then the problems would start again and after a few times the fix being used would not work and I would have to move on to a new fix, again with the same results. I am on a Satelliet A505-S6986 running windows 7 (64 bit).

Did the restore thing and still had to do all sorts of different install/unisntall reboots etc.  Seems that what works one day doesn't work the next.
I called support and the gentleman said it sounds like some sort of malware and asked me if i had any files on my hard drive I did not want to loose.  The reason for this  is that he wanted me to reinstall the operating system.  I am not ready for that yet and he did not seem to sure if it would work anyway.  He sugested calling level 3 support the next day and gave me a case number.  He also said it would cost me 14 or some odd dollars.  I am not adverse to paying that or more if I can get a PERMENANT fix on this'but the only guarantee is that they will fix the sound at the time of the call.
I am not adverse to backing up my files even if it will take a few hours,  Something I would have to plan on ahead of time along with doing the fix immediately after the backup.
If anyone has any ideas or thoguhts on a fix for this please advise.
Thank you.

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