How to install drivers for sound in Windows

The installation of new "firewood" in Windows may be necessary if your software is obsolete or damaged due to a virus, power outage or other computer problems. The sound driver can be copied in one of three ways: by installing important operating system updates, downloading from the disc, or directly from the manufacturer's website. The instructions in this article apply to Windows XP (for later versions, this process may be different).

So, how to install the driver on the sound using the system update?

Enter the "Start" menu located on the desktop of your computer, and select "Control Panel". Find the "Automatic Updates" tab in it, put the day and time, in which your computer should download Windows updates. If any programs you need urgently, it is advisable to select the nearest date. After that, click on the "Apply" button. If the updated audio drivers are available for download, they will be automatically installed on your computer in the time period that you selected.

How to install the driver on the sound from the disc manufacturer

Insert the disc containing the appropriate software into the drive of your computer. Follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall the audio driver in Windows XP. Refer to your computer documentation or directly to the support of the manufacturer if you need additional help installing the software using the disk.

How to install drivers for sound by downloading from the Internet

To download this way, go to the computer on the Start menu and click on the "Run" button. Type DxDiag in the dialog box and click OK. After that go to the "Sound" tab. Record the name of the computer sound card that appears next to the "Name" column under the section called "Devices". Specify also the name of the manufacturer of the sound card, which can be seen next to the "Provider" line below the "Drivers" item. Click the Exit button.

Then start the Internet browser on your computer. Go to the site of the audio device manufacturer. If you do not know its exact name, you can search using the name of your sound card. Having opened the necessary resource on the Internet, find on it a section "Support" - here there will be a driver of a sound in which you need. Follow the instructions on the manufacturer's website to install the software. As a rule, drivers are downloaded in EXE or ZIP format, as well as other types of programs.

If you saved an EXE file on your computer, you should just double-click the icon to start the download. Such programs are installed automatically. Speaking of how to install drivers for sound, downloaded in the ZIP format, it should be said that here you will need to perform several additional actions. First, extract the contents of the archive and save it in a separate folder on the desktop. Open it and see if it has the file Setup.exe. If it is present, just double click on it. In some cases, the installation file may have a different name. However, if you see an icon named Uninstall.exe, you should ignore it.