Thanks Ed :-)

Ed, is 8990.1 a typo? Did you mean 8900.1 ?

Yes erpster, I've tried his moddded drivers and also read his tutorial on how to do the mods, they work well on my old system.
After installing one for the first time I went to the Microsoft Store...

Yes that saves a bit of time :banghead:

Cliff S When I've done a complete uninstall of Realtek HDA drivers in the pst it's been necessary to run the CCleaner registry cleaner twice. I first made sure there were no entries in it and...

Not from an official source but yes it is available from Station Drivers.

This links to build 8603 not 8606.

I was waiting for a UAD success there, was a bit of a longshot though :-)

Keep us posted on how you get on John.

A Happy New Year to you as well Ed :-). Yes the whole reason I posted was because you are doing a great job on this thread.

EdTittel, thanks for your posts on this subject they make for interesting reading, very informative.
However for now I'll stick with the Realtek HDA drivers. For me the Realtek HD Audio Manager is...