Okay, I have no idea what I did.  After taking a break, I came back after the recent graphics overhaul update and didn't use the auto-update, I downloaded the new version entirely.  It is named Aces High, not Aces High II on my machine, and in an effort to free up disk space, I used add/remove programs to get rid of Aces High II since it was the old version and unplayable online.  I did the same for IL2 Sturmovik I had on my cpu and never used... anyway...
As soon as I did this and restarted my machine, no sounds on my cpu worked at all.  Nothing.  I have no clue what could have caused this.  All I did was remove two programs none of which should have had anything to do with sound drivers/settings on my cpu.  
Any ideas?  Flying or doing anything without sound sucks!  Heeeeeelllllppp! 
