daqregister says that it works, daqhwinfo says it doesn't

I've been having the funniest error with the data acquisition toolbox lately.

I can't get any of the adaptors to install correctly. They all SAY that they installed successfully, but the lie. Not even the winsound drivers will install. if I run daqhwinfo i get

          ToolboxName: 'Data Acquisition Toolbox'
       ToolboxVersion: '2.14 (R2009a)'
        MATLABVersion: '7.8 (R2009a)'
    InstalledAdaptors: {}

There are no adapters installed. None, notaone!

registering the adapters does not seem to actually do much.

>> daqregister('winsound')

ans =

'mwwinsound.dll' successfully registered.

>> daqregister('nidaq')

ans =

'mwnidaq.dll' successfully registered.

>> daqhwinfo

ans = 

            ToolboxName: 'Data Acquisition Toolbox'
         ToolboxVersion: '2.14 (R2009a)'
          MATLABVersion: '7.8 (R2009a)'
      InstalledAdaptors: {}

I am running matlab as an administractor, and all of the permissions should be correct. here is my system information.

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MATLAB Version 7.8.0.347 (R2009a)
MATLAB License Number: ••••••
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
Java VM Version: Java 1.6.0_04-b12 with Sun Microsystems Inc. Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM mixed mode
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MATLAB                                                Version 7.8        (R2009a)
Simulink                                              Version 7.3        (R2009a)
Aerospace Blockset                                    Version 3.3        (R2009a)
Aerospace Toolbox                                     Version 2.3        (R2009a)
Bioinformatics Toolbox                                Version 3.3        (R2009a)
Communications Blockset                               Version 4.2        (R2009a)
Communications Toolbox                                Version 4.3        (R2009a)
Control System Toolbox                                Version 8.3        (R2009a)
Curve Fitting Toolbox                                 Version 2.0        (R2009a)
Data Acquisition Toolbox                              Version 2.14       (R2009a)
Database Toolbox                                      Version 3.5.1      (R2009a)
Datafeed Toolbox                                      Version 3.3        (R2009a)
EDA Simulator Link DS                                 Version 2.1        (R2009a)
EDA Simulator Link IN                                 Version 2.4        (R2009a)
EDA Simulator Link MQ                                 Version 2.6        (R2009a)
Econometrics Toolbox                                  Version 1.1        (R2009a)
Embedded IDE Link CC                                  Version 3.4        (R2009a)
Embedded IDE Link MU                                  Version 1.2        (R2009a)
Embedded IDE Link TS                                  Version 1.4        (R2009a)
Embedded IDE Link VS                                  Version 2.2        (R2009a)
Filter Design HDL Coder                               Version 2.4        (R2009a)
Filter Design Toolbox                                 Version 4.5        (R2009a)
Financial Derivatives Toolbox                         Version 5.4        (R2009a)
Financial Toolbox                                     Version 3.6        (R2009a)
Fixed-Income Toolbox                                  Version 1.7        (R2009a)
Fixed-Point Toolbox                                   Version 2.4        (R2009a)
Fuzzy Logic Toolbox                                   Version 2.2.9      (R2009a)
Gauges Blockset                                       Version 2.0.5      (R2009a)
Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox           Version 2.4.1      (R2009a)
Image Acquisition Toolbox                             Version 3.3        (R2009a)
Image Processing Toolbox                              Version 6.3        (R2009a)
Instrument Control Toolbox                            Version 2.8        (R2009a)
MATLAB Builder EX                                     Version 1.2.12     (R2009a)
MATLAB Builder JA                                     Version 2.0.3      (R2009a)
MATLAB Builder NE                                     Version 3.0.1      (R2009a)
MATLAB Compiler                                       Version 4.10       (R2009a)
MATLAB Distributed Computing Server                   Version 4.1        (R2009a)
MATLAB Report Generator                               Version 3.6        (R2009a)
Mapping Toolbox                                       Version 2.7.2      (R2009a)
Model Predictive Control Toolbox                      Version 3.1        (R2009a)
Model-Based Calibration Toolbox                       Version 3.6        (R2009a)
Neural Network Toolbox                                Version 6.0.2      (R2009a)
OPC Toolbox                                           Version 2.1.3      (R2009a)
Optimization Toolbox                                  Version 4.2        (R2009a)
Parallel Computing Toolbox                            Version 4.1        (R2009a)
Partial Differential Equation Toolbox                 Version 1.0.14     (R2009a)
RF Blockset                                           Version 2.4        (R2009a)
RF Toolbox                                            Version 2.5        (R2009a)
Real-Time Windows Target                              Version 3.3        (R2009a)
Real-Time Workshop                                    Version 7.3        (R2009a)
Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder                     Version 5.3        (R2009a)
Robust Control Toolbox                                Version 3.3.3      (R2009a)
Signal Processing Blockset                            Version 6.9        (R2009a)
Signal Processing Toolbox                             Version 6.11       (R2009a)
SimBiology                                            Version 3.0        (R2009a)
SimDriveline                                          Version 1.5.2      (R2009a)
SimElectronics                                        Version 1.2        (R2009a)
SimEvents                                             Version 2.4        (R2009a)
SimHydraulics                                         Version 1.5        (R2009a)
SimMechanics                                          Version 3.1        (R2009a)
SimPowerSystems                                       Version 5.1        (R2009a)
Simscape                                              Version 3.1        (R2009a)
Simulink 3D Animation                                 Version 5.0        (R2009a)
Simulink Control Design                               Version 2.5        (R2009a)
Simulink Design Optimization                          Version 1.0        (R2009a)
Simulink Design Verifier                              Version 1.4        (R2009a)
Simulink Fixed Point                                  Version 6.1        (R2009a)
Simulink HDL Coder                                    Version 1.5        (R2009a)
Simulink Report Generator                             Version 3.6        (R2009a)
Simulink Verification and Validation                  Version 2.5        (R2009a)
Spline Toolbox                                        Version 3.3.6      (R2009a)
Spreadsheet Link EX                                   Version 3.0.3      (R2009a)
Stateflow                                             Version 7.3        (R2009a)
Stateflow Coder                                       Version 7.3        (R2009a)
Statistics Toolbox                                    Version 7.1        (R2009a)
Symbolic Math Toolbox                                 Version 5.2        (R2009a)
System Identification Toolbox                         Version 7.3        (R2009a)
SystemTest                                            Version 2.3        (R2009a)
Target Support Package FM5                            Version 2.2.3      (R2009a)
Target Support Package IC1                            Version 1.5.3      (R2009a)
Target Support Package TC2                            Version 3.2        (R2009a)
Target Support Package TC6                            Version 3.6        (R2009a)
Vehicle Network Toolbox                               Version 1.0        (R2009a)
Video and Image Processing Blockset                   Version 2.7        (R2009a)
Wavelet Toolbox                                       Version 4.4        (R2009a)
xPC Target                                            Version 4.1        (R2009a)
xPC Target Embedded Option                            Version 4.1        (R2009a)

If you have any idea what might be wrong with my poor matlab, please let me know. It gets me all broken up to see it this way.

thanks,

Justin