Legacy Audio Drivers Listed in Device Manager After Upgrade

Article ID: 227971 - View products that this article applies to.
This article was previously published under Q227971
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SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with a legacy audio device installed, the sound card works but the legacy Windows NT 4.0 driver is still listed under Legacy Audio Drivers in Device Manager.
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CAUSE

Setup does not correctly process the removal of legacy devices from the Wdmaudio.inf file. There should be no problem with the operation of the device even though the legacy device drivers are loaded.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, manually remove the legacy device drivers from Device Manager.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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Properties

Article ID: 227971 - Last Review: February 27, 2007 - Revision: 3.4
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
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