Upraded to windows 7 and no sound

Someone please help I am pulling my hair out over there. I have a old HP pavillion a1410n desktop and I just upgraded from windows vista to windows 7 and I have no sound. I already downloaded updated driver software from the HP website and still no sound. Please HELP!!!
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Hi:
You should be able to use the audio driver for W7 directly from Realtek.
Accept the agreement.
Download and install either the 1st or 2nd driver on the list (32 or 64 bit as applicable).
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownT...
Paul

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4) I tried stopping/starting the Apple Mobile Device process in Control Panel>Services. No effect.
4) I tried the steps where you go into Common Files>apple>x>xdrivers and using the file there, but it would say it's incompatible or something to that effect. So that didn't work.
5) I restored my iPad without iTunes. When I attempted to restore the iPad with iTunes, it gave me an error message (4005,I think), and said it could not be restored. Full stop. Thus why I wiped the iPad using the option in Settings>General on the iPad itself. But wiping it achieved nothing.
6) I put my iPad back into recovery mode to get it recognized in iTunes and Windows again, where before I could get out of recovery mode, I can no longer do that and it appears to be stuck on that screen. Turning it off doesn't change that, because when I turn it back on, it goes directly back to the screen with the Cable + iTunes logo image.
7)Note again, that being in recovery mode will *almost* always allow my laptop and iTunes to recognize the iPad. If I look into Devices and Printers now, it doesn't show up as iPad, it shows up as Apple Mobile USB Device Driver. in iTunes, it shows up as iPad and I get the notice "iTunes has detected an iPad in recovery..."
8) My iPhone works fine and can update, get immediately recognized, etc. So I'm also sure there's no problem with my USB ports in terms of being functional.
Please help me. This has been really frustrating.

You should use a USB port on the back of your computer when you connect. What other devices do you have connected to the USB chain (other than your keyboard and mouse)?
You need to read this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136 Even if no new driver is available for your computer, reload the USB Driver following the instructions in the article.
Once your iPod can be seen in Device Manager in Windows, change the drive letter on the iPod to something higher (try M or P) and then reformat it (FAT32 format, don't do a quick format). After this Restore it in iTunes.

I have a macbook pro4.1 and the sound chip in it failed. My speakers and microphone no longer work. Does anyone know of an external speaker and microphone set that plugs into the USB port so I can continue to use both of these functions?

I have a macbook pro4.1 and the sound chip in it failed. My speakers and microphone no longer work. Does anyone know of an external speaker and microphone set that plugs into the USB port so I can continue to use both of these functions and not have to pay to have the entire main board replaced. Preferably something under $100.

I don't think you're likely to find a set of external speakers that come with a microphone and plug directly into a USB port. There are USB audio cards that look like tiny flash drives but have microphone and headphone ports in them, to which you can connect a typical two-plug Windows PC headset with a microphone, or else you can connect external speakers and a stand-alone microphone. Those adapters typically cost under $10. I don't know anything about the quality of sound that can be expected from them.
I have a Griffin iMic, which is much the same idea but larger, a bit more expensive (retail~$40), and perhaps delivers somewhat better sound quality (I hope so, but I don't know because I've never had occasion to try one of the little ones).
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&q=usb+sound+ card&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9618463009759678039&sa=X&ei=tgQoT5zYOMfZ0QHkiICw Ag&ved=0CHcQ8gIwAQ
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Windows 7 -No sound

I an very frusrated and not to happy with Creative Support. I have Creative's? X-Fi Elite Pro sound hardware installed in my Asus Maximus Extreme Motherboard. It Functioned well in Windows XP environment. I performed a clean install on to a new WD TB harddri've when I upgraded to Windows 7 32 bit home premium in Feb. I had no sound at all after the OS upgrade. In Feb, Windows had no certified drivers for my soundcard and external hardwarein Feb. Microsoft recommended I go to the Creative site to obtain and download drivers Creative recommended for use with Windows7. Creative had drivers and other software they claimed would work? with Win 7 32 bit. I downloaded and ran into problems with the operating system allowing the installation of the software. I managed to get the downloaded driver software package? to open, however the process was interupted by the following file error [@S]CRC,0x28504db7:0x0d37dbd7. This particular file error appears when Windows 7 opens all of the downloaded software including the driver the Creative site recommends for use with windows 7.
I have filled out the on- line support form 5 times. I received a single response to my first inquiry,? I followed all of Creative's recommendations to correctly install their driver and software including performing another complete clean installation of Windows 7. I am hoping someone has some helpful information to share with me. Creative provides NO conduit for consumer techical assistance other than their " on-line support form"? and if they do not respond to requests for support through the only channel they provide, the consumer is left with very expensi've and useless sound hardware.? I need a way to have some sort of dialogue with a Creative technical expert.
If anyone knows how to contact them let me know PLEASE!!!.
Has anyone else experienced difficulty while unpackaging downloaded driver/software for Win 7 and if so have you had any success in solving the problem so that I can access and install these very necessary items to allow me to use my Creative hardware? I am hoping someone out there has solved this dilema now that The drivers Creative recommends are certified by Microsoft. I hope someone out there has found where Creative Customer support is hiding and will show me how to find them too.

I have a similar card, X-FI Platinum Falatty, and I've gotten my card to work fine in windows 7 (for the most part... click http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-X-Fi-Series-AuzenWDM-Pack--0-09-30-2009/m-p/538467;jsessionid=B5880E4294644337F6E946C347978A) HOWEVER instead of using his bundled driver i used Creative's driver listed below
Creative's driver pack for your card is the same driver pack I used for my card, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series driver 2.8.003, http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=209&CatName=X-Fi&subCatID=208&subCatName=X-Fi&prodID=4064&prodName=X-Fi+Elite+Pro&bTopTwenty=&VARSET=prodfaq:PRODFAQ_40 64,VARSET=CategoryID:209
(excuse the stupid smiley... the link should work though)
As far as your motherboard is concerned, you get get drivers for it from Asus' website, http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=Maximus%20Extreme&os=29&SLangu age=en-us

Upraded to windows 7 and no sound

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