There really isn't a way to fix this problem. I don't want to spend 20 to 30 dollars on a system recovery disk for my laptop, so I'm getting a better laptop.
I have been having problems with my laptop and there seems to be no way that I know of to solve the problem. I cannot run any programs that require sounds and the sound icon displays an "x" over it. I have already tried all the posted solutions about updating the sound driver, downloading a new...