need help editing registry to clean out an unwanted file

[Xenos]

Hello everyone. I need some advice on how to get rid of all my audio driver WDM file. Here are my system specs:

AMD Athalon 1 GIG CPU
ASUS A7V133 Socket A motheboard w/ KT133A Chipset
VIA AC'97 WDM Audio controller(driver file version 5.10.00.3622) the date on the driver is 11-26-2001 (I have onboard audio on my mobo)
VIA 4in1Drivers 436(on recommendation that 436 ones are the best for Windows 98SE)
GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB w/ driver version 12.41
512 Megs of RAM
Windows 98SE

Now I was told by several people that I am getting some issues with my current audio driver being WDM, and that I need to use a vXD file. Well I have the file, its located at the following link: http://www.soyousa.com/drivers.html

It's the VIA sound version 109 one near the bottom of the list. Now this file is an executable so the only way I can get the file to install properly is extract it to a folder or something like that, because if i just click on it i get a DOS window and when i check device manager under sound part the audio controller hasnt changed. On the advice of several peoplem they told me to clean my registry of the old WDM audio files because they were interfering with my other audio file(the version 109 file). Can someone give me some help on how to edit my registry so I can clean my system of this WDM file so I can stop the stuttering in my games? I am a newbie at the registry stuff so any help is greatly appreciated.

[ 15 January 2002: Message edited by: Xenos ]

[Spider]

Hi Xenos,

I looked at that file you downloaded...it's a DOS application only.
In otherwords you can't click on it you have to open an
MS-DOS Prompt and CD(a dos command to go to the folder where
the *.exe is) to the directory.

So let's pretend you have the viasound109.exe in c:\fred\mary\viasound109.exe

Open a MS-DOS Prompt (Start(button)/Programs/MS-DOS Prompt)
and it should say
C:\Windows (s'where the prompt is when you open up a DOS Prompt via Windows Start button)
type cd.. and hit enter...it should just say
C:\ now
type cd fred and hit enter...should say
C:\Fred
type cd mary and hit enter...should say
C:\Fred\Mary
type viasound109 (you don't need to add the .exe in DOS) and hit enter.

[Xenos]

Spider, I extracted the file to a folder I created on my desktop. I was able to run the executable file from there. The problem is when I reboot windows will say: Windows detects new hardware, PCI Audio Controller WDM. If i dont install what windows says, I get no sound, so I have to use the CD the came with my ASUS board to install that to get sound. When I go to device manager, it still says VIA PCI controller(WDM) its like the other file I downloaded and wanted to use got overwritten or something. Any suggestions...I am kinda confused with your explanation did I do something wrong?

[ 15 January 2002: Message edited by: Xenos ]

[Spider]

There seems to be a lot of talk in this thread at the VIA Arena (http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=17&threadid=416)
about the problems your experiencing.

I don't quite get what exactly is going on there with this
sound issue. Let us know if this works out.