Problem after uninstall

Hi Anithamathan!

When you uninstall Breakaway, it’s really *gone*. Nothing is left behind – no drivers, no executables, nothing that could impact the sound.

One thing that could potentially have an impact is if Breakaway somehow got confused about what device to set as the default sound device in windows.

Please look in the Control Panel (Classic View) – Sounds and Audio Devices, click on the Audio tab, and make sure the correct sound card is selected.

It’s a very strange coincidence that both your and your friend’s computer are showing the same problem. I have installed and uninstalled countless times during testing, and never seen anything like this behaviour — in fact, this behaviour should be impossible! Once Breakaway is gone, it’s no longer there to alter the sound, for better or worse.

Because your and your friends computer are using the same sound card, I would guess that it’s also likely that you’re using the exact same driver version – perhaps you even helped him install it.

It’s a long shot, but it’s possible that there could be a problem with the driver. Breakaway never touches the driver or any settings relating to the driver, but breakaway does change the default sound device in Windows, to be able to route audio through the Breakaway Pipeline so that it can enter Breakaway for processing. So, we can’t rule out that the simple (and common) act of changing the default sound device got the driver into a confused state.

Please check to make sure the creative-specific audio enhancement such as CMSS, EAX, Reverb are in the state they’re supposed to be (not sure whether your preference is on or off).

Another possible explanation, could it be that you just got used to the improvement that Breakaway makes when running?

A lot of people have downloaded Breakaway, and the vast majority of people who download free software do exactly what you did – try it, and when the trial runs out, uninstall. Because of this, if Breakaway intentionally sabotaged anything, this very forum would be overrun with complaints. Wouldn’t be a very good way to run a business, would it 🙂.

///Leif