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   lefty78312
   Member

   The program not only doesn't work; it makes sure no other sounds play either. Upon installation, it immediately disabled my sound card, which had been working perfectly until then. I couldn't play movies, mp3s, system sounds or anything. Completely uninstalling the program didn't help. Neither did System Restore. I had to uninstall and reinstall the sound card to get sound back.

   Secondary issue; it said to follow the instructions in the readme.txt file to register the program. I obviously didn't want to register this program but there was no readme.txt file.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   Un-zipping StreamingAudioRecorder.zip you should have 3 files: Setup.exe, Readme.txt, & Activate.exe. Setup.exe installs the app, while Activate enters the license info into the registry.

   As far as System Restore, it's progressively better from XP -> win7... I'd be surprised if Restore didn't work in 7 -- not so much in XP. At any rate uninstalling SAR did not remove the new virtual driver in testing, so in case any issues come up in the future, you set your default audio devices through Control Panel, or sometimes you can right click the speaker icon at the right end of the Taskbar to get to the same settings. I think setting itself as default is one of the last steps in installing most audio hardware, so IMHO that's probably why it worked. I think you should be OK now as-is, FWIW, but I have seen those defaults get changed by windows &/or software, & if that happens hopefully knowing that you won't have to remove/reinstall.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   lefty78312
   Member

   Thank you for your feedback, mikiem2. The program downloaded as an .exe file so I never got the other 2 files. From a user standpoint, it did exactly the opposite of what it said it would do. Which makes it a dangerous program. I knew how to fix it, but not everyone will.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   graylox
   Moderator

   It's rather impossible, that you got a different file than every other GOTD user.
   You have to download the daily giveaway only from the GOTD site.
   Giveaway of the Day - Streaming Audio Recorder
   Then you will get a zip archive with a readme file and the setup.exe and mostly even an activate.exe file.

   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/

   graylox

   Posted 12 years ago #
5. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Hello,
   The extra software is the Sound Driver.
   You can uninstall it and it will be removed.
   If there is no sound, please change your default playback device to “Realtek HD Audio”.

   Please check the FAQ about this problem:
   Streaming Audio Recorder FAQ
   http://www.recordstreamingaudio.org/online-help/#faq

   Posted 12 years ago #

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