During a silent install of Windows XP Professional, is there a way to make XP choose which of the two sound cards to set as the default choice?

I have:

- VIA Audio (attached to motherboard so i can't remove it)

- Creative Sound Blaster PCI (new one)

XP sets VIA Audio as the default sound card for all sound, i want XP to set Creative Sound Blaster PCI as the default one. instead of having to manually do it myself.

thanks for reading

you can disable onboard audio (VIA) in your bios settings...cheers

ooh, sounds technical. didn't think of that! i'll give it a go!

thanks for replying

its easy bud....just find it in list and choose disable .... also dont forget 2 save the changes afterwards

yeah, it'll most likely come under 'PCI devices' or 'Onboard devices'

I do it with an AutoIt script at first boot:

(this autoit is for a dutch version of XP, you have to modify it)

Opt("MouseCoordMode", 0)
run("control mmsys.cpl")
WinWaitActive ("Eigenschappen voor Geluiden en audioapparaten")
MouseClick("left", 175, 50, 1);goto the audio tab
MouseClick("left", 324, 118, 1); open the dropbox to select your device
Send ("sb"); name of your sound device, I have a Soundblaster audigy 2 so it starts with the letters sb
MouseClick("left", 322, 432, 1); click apply
MouseClick("left", 155, 432, 1); close the program

Edited May 25, 200521 yr by erik_demon