After install, audio input is not recognized. Cannot record.

When I first got it audition and premier were working just fine and happily working with my sound card. Then suddenly it said my Nvidia graphics card was not compatible (I chose the laptop I have specifically based on Adobe saying my graphics card was recommended) so I updated the programs and magically the graphics card is totally fine again, but now the soundcard does not work and am getting an error as above. I have also tried 2 different external soundcards since (both which worked previously) and nothing works.

[Mod note: Moved from a ten year old thread into a thread of its own]