[Tombstone]

Folks, my PC got a Trojan and caused havoc with a few of my drivers. The thing zapped my Mouse, Display, and Sound drivers. I got my mouse and display working properly now, but I can’t seem to fix the sound. So I’m asking for a little help.
I am running a Dell Dimension XPS B800r, 800mhz Intel, 256mb RDRAM, and running Windows 98se. I know she’s old and obsolete, but she still works great and runs faster than most of my friends’ new XP machines. The sound card is a Sound Blaster Live (Value) (model CT4780).
I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled the whole Sound Blaster software twice. I have double-checked that all physical connections are connected. The LED volume and power lights are illuminated on the speakers, so there is power going to them. In the Device Manager, it states that Creative SB Value “is working properly”. BUT the AudioHQ icon is not displayed in the TaskBar and when I try to open it through the Control Panel, I get the infamous “No Audio Device” prompt. This also happens when I try to open any of the SB programs (or it says that SB is not installed on this computer) Also, in the Device Manager, there was a conflict with a device listed under “Other Devices”. I am pretty sure it was a SB driver, but when I clicked the ‘Update Driver’ button, it seemed to find the driver and install it. BUT during the process, it stated that it couldn’t find file “ctmisc.cat” and listed a file location of WINDOWS\CATROOT (or something like it) I clicked OK and it continued the install, The (!) in the Device Manager went away, but so did the ‘Other Devices’ listing. I found a new listing under the ‘Creative Miscellaneous Devices’ called ‘Creative SB16 Emulation’. I am pretty sure this was the device that was listed under ‘Other Devices’. It now states that it is working properly. I have tried Creative’s AutoUpdate feature on their website, but it states that there are no updates available. Regardless, I still have no sound and none of the audio programs or files will work. Could my Chipset driver be causing this???
Anyway, with no more driver conflicts in the Device Manager, I’m fresh out of ideals.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED,
TOM