We have the same issue. Reloaded a computer and now, no sound. Yellow question mark. I ran Belarc and here you go. You are a champ for doing this for three years. I am the resident guru and obviously you are 1000 years ahead of me. I can't thank you enough.
Warren,
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) MSI MS-6712 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.53 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MSI MS-6712 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T 04/02/01
Drives Memory Modules c,d
60.51 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
52.54 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-114 [CD-ROM drive]
YAMAHA CRW2100E [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
IBM-DPTA-372050 [Hard drive] (20.53 GB) -- drive 0, s/n JMYJMJ09263, rev P76OA30A, SMART Status: Healthy
ST340014A [Hard drive] (40.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 5JXHD0CJ, rev 8.16, SMART Status: Healthy 1792 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot '0' has 1024 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 20.52 GB 13.38 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1) 39.99 GB 39.16 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Mark Reeser 12/23/2008 5:01:20 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
ACR Acer AL1906 [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n ETL4908429, March 2006)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller None detected
Communications Other Devices
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.102 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: 00:0F:66:F2

E:85
VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Networking Dns Servers: 68.87.74.162
68.87.68.162
68.87.73.242
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (4x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
No details available
Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]
These required security hotfixes (using the 12/17/2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) were not found installed. Note: CIS benchmarks require that Critical and Important severity security hotfixes must be installed.
Q873339 - Important (details...)
Q885835 - Important (details...)
Q885836 - Important (details...)
Q887472 - Moderate (details...)
Q888302 - Important (details...)
Q890046 - Moderate (details...)
Q890859 - Important (details...)
Q891781 - Important (details...)
Q893756 - Important (details...)
Q896358 - Critical (details...)
Q896423 - Critical (details...)
Q896428 - Moderate (details...)
Q899587 - Moderate (details...)
Q899591 - Moderate (details...)
Q900725 - Important (details...)
Q901017 - Important (details...)
Q901214 - Critical (details...)
Q902400 - Important (details...)
Q905414 - Moderate (details...)
Q905749 - Important (details...)
Q908519 - Critical (details...)
Q908531 - Critical (details...)
Q911280 - Important (details...)
Q911562 - Critical (details...)
Q911564 - Important (details...)
Q911927 - Important (details...)
Q913580 - Low (details...)
Q914388 - Critical (details...)
Q914389 - Important (details...)
Q918118 - Important (details...)
Q918439 - Critical (details...)
Q920213 - Critical (details...)
Q920670 - Important (details...)
Q920683 - Critical (details...)
Q920685 - Moderate (details...)
Q923191 - Critical (details...)
Q923980 - Important (details...)
Q924270 - Low (details...)
Q924667 - Important (details...)
Q925398 - Critical (details...)
Q925902 - Critical (details...)
Q926255 - Important (details...)
Q926436 - Important (details...)
Q927779 - Critical (details...)
Q927802 - Important (details...)
Q928255 - Important (details...)
Q928843 - Critical (details...)
Q929123 - Important (details...)
Q930178 - Critical (details...)
Q931261 - Critical (details...)
Q932168 - Critical (details...)
Q933729 - Important (details...)
Q935839 - Critical (details...)
Q935840 - Critical (details...)
Q936782 - Important (details...)
Q937894 - Moderate (details...)
Q941569 - Critical (details...)
Q943055 - Critical (details...)
Q943460 - Critical (details...)
Q943485 - Important (details...)
Q944653 - Important (details...)
Q945553 - Important (details...)
Q946026 - Critical (details...)
Q950749 - Critical (details...)
Q951748 - Important (details...)
Installed Microsoft Hotfixes [Back to Top]
WGA
SP0
KB892130 on 12/14/2008 (details...)
Windows Media Player
KB952069_WM9 (details...)
SP0
KB952069_WM9 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
Windows XP
SP0
KB938127-IE7 on 12/22/2008 (details...)
KB938127-V2-IE7 on 12/22/2008 (details...)
KB958215-IE7 on 12/22/2008 (details...)
KB960714-IE7 on 12/22/2008 (details...)
SP2
KB811113[SP] on 12/15/2008 (details...)
SP3
KB898461 on 12/15/2008 (details...)
KB915865 on 12/19/2008 (details...)
KB944338-V2 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
SP4
KB938464 on 12/15/2008 (details...)
KB946648 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB950762 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB950974 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB951066 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB951376-V2 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB951698 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB952287 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB952954 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB954211 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB954600 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB955069 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB955839 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB956391 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB956802 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB956803 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB956841 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB957095 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB957097 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB958215 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
KB958644 on 12/16/2008 (details...)
Windows
SP1
IDNMITIGATIONAPIS on 12/19/2008 (Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs)
NLSDOWNLEVELMAPPING on 12/19/2008 (Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs)
No details available