This sounds like, (no pun intended), a lack of drivers for the hardware.
Tell us more about this fresh install; how did you do it, and what drivers did you install as well?
What make and model computer? That might be important as the make might have all the necessary drivers this model notebook needs to function properly.
Whatever you do, do not use so-called "driver utility" software or "optimizers". They can do more damage than good.
Mark
Ok i have a major problem and need help straight away.
About 2 days a go, i got a few trojans and worms on my netbook...which runs on windows xp...after a long process of scanning with anti virus and many other methods, i eventually had to install a fresh copy of windows. i did that but there is no sound icon and when i try to go on volume controller it tells me
there are no active mixer devices avalible ........this program will now close
i have no idea what kind of software and hardware is installed on my netbook as it was bought second hand so it already had the system running...WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??
i have tried mainly all options of the internet ...and am srewed now ...so plz any help will be appriciated and if you need any more information feel free to ask ....
also when i go to device manager, there are a lot of unknown devices and i have downloaded drivertool/boost software which tells me i have 7 devices without drivers ....but i cant afford the software to know what they are
i am an intermediate user of computers so i know what software is installed using the add and remove programs and device manager but im not good enough to make my netbook work...
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