No sound on Windows XP Pro

Because the banks will not guarantuee internetbanking under Windows XP I have installed Windows 7 on two of my Pavilions. Because I am comfortable with XP and do not want a plethora of operating systems I have rolled my Pavilion t3710.nl back to XP (Pro SP3) from Vista (a clean installation). Although I use this PC as a file server sound is not really an issue but I find it very frustrating that I cannot get it to work. The MB is equipped with a ALC888 soundsystem from Realtek, but no matter which drivers I install, I cannot get it to work. I have seen on multiple forums that this is a known issue, yet no one seems to have a solution. I have resigned myself to the fact that I cannot get it to work but I will give it one last ditch attempt through this forum.
As the MB uses an AMD chipset, I have first installed the AMD Radeon 200 Express legacy drivers. Maybe additional drivers are needed. But the computer says that everything is working correctly. I have also made sure that the speakers are not dampened. There is sound though the headphone socket on the front of the computer but there is no sound from the rear socket which worked fine under Vista.
I may be missing the obvious, but I have no idea what.

Hi JHvW,
I have read your post on setting up audio for your speakers in Windows XP, and I would be happy to be of assistance!
To better identify the drivers that will be needed for the realtek speakers, please take a look at this link on How to Find Hardware ID. The hardware you are looking for should be labelled "Realtek" under Sound. You may be able to find compatible drivers that will work with this hardware.
Please re-post with the hardware ID of your Realtek speakers and I will diligently follow up with you!
Regards
MechPilot
I work on behalf of HP
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