Less software development, testing, and support.

Improvements for OEMs and hardware manufacturers

Guaranteed basic audio support for UAA-compliant devices.

Improved security of the content that you want to help protect.

Easier installation of audio peripherals.

UAA includes the following improvements for users, OEMs, and hardware manufacturers. The audio industry solution that has been used in the past is the AC’97 Audio codec. The update that is described in this article supports the Intel High Definition Audio-compliant hardware. In the spring of 2004, Intel Corporation released the first hardware that includes High Definition Audio-compliant solutions. A High Definition Audio device can reside on an internal audio card, or the device can be part of an integrated motherboard chip set. A High Definition Audio device connects to the PCI bus or to the PCI Express bus. Therefore, hardware vendors do not have to supply a custom driver for a device.Ī High Definition Audio device complies with the Intel High Definition Audio specification. UAA describes a class driver initiative for computer audio solutions that are supported in Microsoft Windows operating systems.Īn audio device that is UAA-compliant can rely on the operating system for driver support. Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4) File name

Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) File name Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1) File name Windows Server 2003, original release version File name To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel. When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. You may have to restart your computer after you apply this update if the operating system components that this update replaces are being used when you install the update.

Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4).

Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Note This driver does not work with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or a later service pack.

The original release version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

This driver is designed to work with the following operating systems:

Microsoft audio architecture driver xp