I've deleted an audio file and can't get it back!

> Just a guess - in XP there's a Control Panel you have to go to and make sure
> XP is drawing sound from your sound card. I just bought an XP machine with a
> Soundblaster card in it, and it was initially set to draw sound from the
> motherboard's own integrated audio, not the Soundblaster card. Go to the
> Control Panel and click on the Sounds icon. I must apologise I can't give you
> better instructions; I'm not at my XP machine just now. Good luck! Go
> Austrailia!
>
> "Dax" wrote:
>

> > Hi all helpfull friends!
> > OK, my PC was crashing everytime I started it up and following the Help
> > instructions went through msconfig and turned off various services till I
> > figured out which one was making it crash. Seems a file starting with
> > "audio...." was the one. I deleted it and now things run just fine. I even
> > re-loaded Windows XP again and used a host of anti-virus and anti-spyware
> > devices to clean my whole PC to make sure. Actually, I suspect it was the 100
> > or so spyware programs which were really causing the problem.
> > NOW I have no sound. I'm starting up a webcam to talk to O/S friends and
> > obviously require sound. I have a C-media AC97 card which works fine when I
> > look at it in the Sound devices window. I've un-installed and re-installed it
> > but still no audio device.
> > How can I turn back on what I turned off before? What did I turn off/delete
> > before?
> > I've been working on this now for three hours and I'm going insane!
> > Thanks in advance
> > Dax
> > Sydney, Australia