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It seems that I am getting some visibility :-)

<u>Update</u>: Some more visibility...

After uninstalling V2i from Symantec I was asked to reboot my notebook. The reboot took for ever so I decide after 30 minutes to switch it off. Problems started when I rebooted, lots of drivers where missing and it seems that I lost the plug and play features. One of the first driver I decided to recover was the Sound driver. This is the way I recover from that sound driver issue.

• In services, check that WinAudio service is enabled, set to automatic, and running.
• In Device Manager, System Devices check that Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator is installed and running

If not, then you need to reinstall it:

• Copy machine.inf from %windir%\inf to your desktop
• Remove line ExcludeFromSelect=*
• Use Add new hardware wizard using the Have Disk option
• Select the machine.inf you saved on the desktop
• Install Plug and Play Software Device If the sound card is listed in the device manager, then uninstall it and start a scan for hardware changes. Afer installing it again I got the sound back live. I did the same for several other drivers that were missing on my notebook. And now it seems to be ok.

This evening I installed on Virtual PC:

• Visual C# 2005 Express

You will finally think that I get some money from Synop to advertise Sauce Reader like that. It is not the case I just find the tool awesome !!! So here are the major changes and improvements in this version include:

• Sauce Reader toolbar available in Internet Explorer: I am posting this blog entry with that toolbar, really cool
• Significant speed, storage and memory improvements: oh yeah that the case
• Desktop alert when new feed items arrive: nice, cool and not intrusive
• Complete customisation of keyboard shortcuts: another useful feature
• Support for authenticated feeds and proxy servers: I will be updated at work now :-)
• Improved automatic update and error reporting mechanisms: worked fine for the update from the alpha to the final beta