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Hi!

is there a way through the .NET framework, to check if a sound card exists
on a local computer.

Thanks,
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Uzi,

I think that if you use the classes in the System.Manageme nt namespace
you can figure this out. The classes in that namespace are used to access
WMI, which is the management instrumentation interface.

You will probably want to look for instances of the Win32_SoundDevi ce
class, which will represent the properties of a sound device.

Hope this helps.
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Hi!

is there a way through the .NET framework, to check if a sound card exists
on a local computer.

Thanks,

Nov 15 '05 #2

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