Help on " The Audio Service is not running"

[sach_pat]

Please any suggetion on porblem I am facing with vaio

Audio Input device(microphone built in laptop) on my VAIO VGN-ARC51e was not working, so I downloaded device driver and utility packeage from sony support website, I downloaded it as originally installed package and for above specified model, After that I Install sigmatel audio driver restarted laptop and following problem started to show up

1. It started very slowly compared with earlier startups,

2. Volume mixer icon in task bar is now "The audio service is not running", more detail pop up dialog box is now saying "no audio device is installed", for both playback and recording devices, so this installation screwed up speakers as well which were woking fine ealier

3. I tried to start device manager from control panel but it was showing empty dialog box with no devices in it and later after many minuts crashed with not reponding status,

4. All disk access are slowed down quite a lot it is taking

5 minuts to start any application to start from start manu, windows explorer is constantly crashing with not reponding status

6. Application are slowed down quite a lot, I tried to restore system from various restore points point dut all are failing with error massage, I tries vaio recovery service but it failed with exit code 300, later it was asking for recovery CD, But unfortunately I don't have one, I never created recovery CD,

7. Later I tried to install driver for intel chipset from drivers I downloaded but it failed with system requirement not met

8. I tried to open disk management to clean up and defragment harddisk but it failed with cannot start VDS, VDS supports windows 2003, xp of later, Use terminal service for non VDS machine

9. My Comput has slowed down tremendously, starting up appliacation after very long time, crashing application frequently,

10. I don't have recovery disk nor OS disk,

Please help me to restore my laptop to originally working
conditions

Note: I am using VISTA Home preminum OEMAct

Thank You

[Blencogo]

Hi sach_pat and welcome to Club Vaio.

I think the answer for you is to reset your Vaio back to its factory condition and set it up from scratch. Unfortunately you will lose all programs and updates so back up as much data as you can.

Resetting the BIOS default values -

1. Turn on your VAIO.
2. When you see the Sony logo, press F2 several times.
3. You will get the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility window.
4. Press F9 to get default values and then press ENTER to confirm.
5. Press F10 to save changes and exit and then press ENTER to confirm.
6. You have restored the default values and your VAIO will now restart.

Running the Recovery Centre from your hard drive: -

1. Turn on your VAIO. Make sure you are connected to mains AC.
2. When you see the first Sony logo, press F10 repeatedly.
3. This should start the Recovery from your HDD
4. Follow the on-screen instructions for a full, complete reinstall.
5. Do not interrupt the installation even if it seems to have stopped - it may take some time.
6. Run Vaio Update and Microsoft Update
7. Reinstall your own data and software.

Good Luck