[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] This is where Vista is blowing it.... - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Thu, May 1 2008 17:09 bradley

This is where Vista is blowing it....

I like Vista, I really do.  But there's one area that it's totally blowing it and this post showcases it:

Microsoft IDT update corrupts Sigma Tel Sound - Desktop - Audio - Dell Community Forum#M83043:
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=83043&query.id=197483#M83043

The OEM experience is sucking.  Badly.  Way to go Microsoft and Dell for once again breaking the trust of updating.

 Apple - Support - Discussions - IDT - Audio - IDT High Definition Audio ...:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7130570

Yeah it's even posted on the Apple forums where they are dual booting with Vista....

I really don't blame Mr. Blaster009 one bit. 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: IDT Audio IDT High Definition Audio CODEC  took out my audio
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:33:00 -0700
From: blaster009 <blaster009@discussions.microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate
References: <uO2noGsqIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>

I'm sick and tired of this.  Dell is full of morons.  Microsoft is full of
goons.

The next computer I buy will be one I build from scratch, and it's going to
be running Linux.

Thank you Microsoft for killing my PC experience, you won't be seeing
another dollar from me.

It's hilarious because today's the day they announce their "Vista has a bad
reputation" push.

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# re: This is where Vista is blowing it....

Friday, May 02, 2008 1:23 AM by bcarn

This little wrinkle had me doing the driver dance for a day or so.

This is where the Dell driver is replaced by a Windows update driver. If you do a "clean" install the Codex never works. I was aaable to figure out that by installing the Dell Driver (32Bit Vista) and set the Vista Update driver to hidden everything stayed working. The newer Vista update driver would always cause sound to quit. (No sound device installed - Sigmatel.) sovled the problem on two Dell machines.

# re: This is where Vista is blowing it....

Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:05 AM by secure audio driver

>I'm sick and tired of this.  Dell is full of morons.  Microsoft is full of

goons.

So? Like you can do anything about it? They pwned your a** long ago, and sold it to for DRM. You're not a customer, you're product.

# re: This is where Vista is blowing it....

Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:33 AM by Bill Peng

Yes, I experienced the same issue. Had to roll back the audio driver, block the audio update, and then everything is fine. But magically, the hidden update did not show in the "Show hidden update" window...