Hi David,

Driver files are generally downloaded from the web site of either device
maker or the pc manufacturer (Gateway in this case). Without further
information, this is the best I can do.

As to the CD problems, see if this helps:

[url]http://aumha.org/a/xpcd.htm[/url], under section 7 - Problems - there is a link to
a patch that often resolves this problem

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
[url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
Win98 Help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"David E." <hiitisi@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2aa501c33f73$151ac250$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Please, anyone out there:
>
> I recently upgraded from Windows ME to XP. Now my CD
> burner won't work. My sound is gone. My CD driver is
> inoperable. My printer refuses all requests to print for
> me. I cannot download my digital pictures anymore. I am
> sure there are other bugs I haven't found yet.
> How do I download new drivers? Both Gateway (my PC
> manufaturer) and Microsoft both tell me to download the
> proper drivers. However, neither takes into account my
> three left thumbs and my inoperative brain. I cannot find
> out which drivers to download and where they are.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thank you. David E.