I continue to get a message on my Inspiron E1405 laptop at start up that states:

Volume Control: Unable to load user interface. Please reinstall the application.

The little speaker no longer shows up on my task bar and when I go to the volume controls in the control panel, all the settings can be seen but are nonfunctioning so this makes me think something was uninstalled. There is another program that performed a sound test and some sound came out. However, this program won't operate mp3s or the webinar that I need to attend in an hour.

I've tried to reinstall the drivers that I found on this site. This didn't help. Maybe they were the wrong ones?

 

I'm running Windows XP.