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Unable to remove onboard audio drivers from Device Manager of Windows XP Home

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        In an attempt to help a friend who lost his audio, I am needing help removing is old audio drivers so I can let XP Home do a fresh reinstall of the drivers.  Basically, if I right-click on each entry under Sound, Audio, and Video Controllers, I only see "two" entries with an uninstall option.  If I right-click on any of the remaining entries, I do not see Delete or Uninstall as an option.  

        Any instructions or tips for doing a clean removal of the onboard audio drivers will certainly be appreciated.

        Thank you

         George
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      Even in Safe Mode, I can not delete the old sound drivers.  When I right click on each entry, I do not see an option to delete or uninstall.

      George
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Hi,

       Yes, I do remember logging in as administrator

        George
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Hi There:

       Thanks for the followup.  What should I do if two of the entries have been uninstalled?  Should I let XP reload its native drivers for the entries and then perform the update on each entry including the stubborn ones which will not uninstall or delete?

       George
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Hi There:

      Thanks for the followups.  I do have a few more followup questions germane to this post.  As a followup from the last post by Venish, I have uninstalled two of the primary audio drivers, and restarted the pc and XP did detect and reload the native drivers, but, there is not any audio.  Now, as a possible work around to this situation, I do have a sound card which I can insert into the pci slot.  But, this option poses a question in my mind.  Will the drivers for this sound card still install properly despite the fact I can not delete or uninstall all of the audio drivers to the onboard audio chip?  

      Oh, by the way, as another followup on a question asked by an expert, I do have the motherboard specs of the E-Machine T1120.  The MB ID is 71481.EM.0000.D.0112131148.  The motherboard chipset is Intel Whitney i810E.  Is it possible that the motherboard drivers will get the onboard audio working again?  I have tried the driver package for the e-machine, but, no success.

      George
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I presume you tried simply selecting the devices (in device manager) with the mouse and then hitting the delete key? Usually you can use the "remove" button too.
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Hi Everyone:

        The followups were very helpful in allowing me to remove the onboard audio drivers.  I was able to uninstall them by going to Safe Mode and logging in as Administrator.  At the login screen, I did notice another name.  I assume this person can be an administrator as well, but, I am not sure.  In any case, once at the desktop, I was able to see the options of Uninstall and Delete within Safe Mode which were not present in Normal Mode.

        Thanks again for the help everyone.

       George