Uninstalling the native drivers
- Launch the Windows Control Panel.
- System - Hardware tab - Device Manager.
- Select and remove "Aureal Vortex PCI Adapter" under Sound, video, and game controllers.
- Launch Windows Explorer.
- Select Tools from the menu items, then Folder Options.
- On the View tab, check the option "Show All Hidden Folders".
- Uncheck the option "Hide File Extenstions for Known File Types".
- Uncheck the option "Hide Protected Operating System Files".
- Navigate to the WINNT\INF folder.
- Delete the following files:
WDMA_AUR.INF
WDMA_AUR.PNF
ADM_MULT.INF
ADM_MULT.PNF
ADM_PORT.INF
ADM_PORT.PNF
- Navigate to the WINNT\DRIVER CACHE\I386 folder.
- Rename the DRIVER.CAB file to DRIVER.OLD.
- Navigate to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DLLCACHE folder.
- Delete the following files:
ADM8830.SYS
ADMJOY.SYS
- Navigate to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.
- Delete the following files:
ADM8830.SYS
ADMJOY.SYS
- Reboot.
Installing the drivers
- When Windows starts, it will detect new hardware. When it asks for drivers, point it to temp folder you unzipped the driver files to in step 2 of "Downloading the drivers".
- When prompted for the KSUSER.DLL file, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder.
- When prompted for other KS*.DLL files, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.
- When prompted for some *.DRV files, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder.
- When prompted for the PORTCLS.SYS file, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.
- For any files, point it to the driver location.
- When prompted to reboot your system, do so.
- After Windows restarts, navigate to the WINNT\DRIVER CACHE\I386 folder.
- Rename DRIVER.OLD to DRIVER.CAB.
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