There's ony one way to find out.
Remove the driver, restart Vista and look if Vista stays stable but without
sound.
You can also let Vista check for drivers.

I think there are drivers in the making.

"Islandboy23" wrote:
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> I just recently upgraded to Vista 32-bit from XP Pro. I had no sound so I
> installed the drivers for the SoundBlaster Live. It said that it wasn't
> compatible but I proceeded anyway. Now it crashes alot. Are there any sound
> cards out there that are Vista compatible? Can sound card driver cause a PC
> to crash?? Any input would be appreciated.[/color]