As soon as you get a Windows 7 generic audio driver with such software it will be
obvious that the former "do it yourself" method is something to be avoided from now on. You must consider the real possibility for just one incompatible driver to cause you serious problems and in some cases even crash your windows. All that's left is for you to try out such a scanner - you'll no doubt be impressed with the way it gets the correct driver(s) your pc requires. It's common these days to try out new software and hardware on a regular basis, and it's worth a little extra effort to make sure they're operating as they should. Regardless of your maintenance strategy, i can't advise you strongly enough to use this utility to replace your corrupted drivers; this is very a simple process that takes almost no time!