Hello there I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running on a upgrade from windows XP to Windows Vista Premminum. I have been running this version for some time now and nothing has happend in which I can not fix myself.. I have recently come accross a problume that brings me up to Windows Boot Manager. I will read exactly what it says and how it says it.

Windows Boot Manager
Windows faild to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the cause. To fix the problume:

1. Insert your windows installation disk and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "next"
3. Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disk, Contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \windows\SYSTEM32\Drivers\SSHRMD.SYS

Status: 0xc0000098

Info: Windows failed to load because a critical system driver is missing or corrupt.

Thats when it ends. Now I know it tells me how to fix it but I have a problume.. When it tells me a critical system driver is missing or corrupt… dosn’t that mean its hardware failure or something like that and even if I put the disk in if im having hardware failure it wont work…

Also im concerned with what might have caused this problume. I know before the crash. I had gone onto Trend Micro 2008 anti viruse and it said a few things about windows changes and said that they were high so I changed them back. So im thinking when I changed them thats what happend… I know I might not be making a whole lot of sence but yeah im kinda confussed I have never seen this before….

So guys if you can help me out I will offer alot of points for it and if it is possable to instant message me at Musiclvrkd
That is an aim account so if you want to email me at that too it would be much appreciated. I dont go on yahoo answeres so I am more likly to get my responce if you give it that way thanks very much

We had a virus problem last month. Our Kaspersky 6.0 wasn’t able to detect the virus because it’s not updated, we didn’t have internet connection until last week. The virus had corrupted important files of some applications and we ended up having trouble installing new softwares, so we then decided to repair the OS using the Windows installation CD. It went well. Programs are now running smoothly and we’re able to install new softwares. But here’s the problem: WMP cannot play audio files. We get this error "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly." Volume control is also missing from the system tray. In the Device Manager, there’s a yellow exclamation mark on "Realtek High Definition Audio". We installed Realtek Driver from the mobo CD — No go. Got an onboard audio. Mobo is ECS 671T-M. Help please…
Thank you for all the response! I appreciate it! But we still got the same problem after installing the driver from the Realtek website. If this might help, here are the things under "Sound,Video and Game Controllers" in our Device Manager:
- Audio Codecs
- Audio Codecs
- Legacy Audio Drivers
- Legacy Video Capture Devices
- Media Control Devices
- Realtek High Definition Audio ** (with a yellow excamation mark)
- Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
- Video Codecs

I’m not sure if one of these is causing the problem… Do you think I should uninstall/remove all of them and reinstall Realtek?