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Ok like i said my father in law wiped my computer and installed windows xp professional. The product key he gave me was bogus. I'm going to but the windows program in 3 weeks for all my comps at home. any how he wiped my stuff and now i have NO SOUND. If you refer to mike25's problem mine is almost exactly the same only i have a different computer. here is what i know about my comp.
Intel ® pro/100 gt desktop adapter
amd 64 athlon
kingston technology
here is the error message i get when trying to listen to sound
bad direct sound driver. please install proper drivers or select another device in configurations. ERROR CODE 88780078