I am warned on a daily basis that my Creative Sound Card driver will
timeout on Jan 12. What happens then? i.e. when will the replacement be
available and what do I do for sound in the meantime?

This Question is Creative specific, but i got the same driver. It will stop
working and we will have to uninstall it on that day. I guess they are
planning a driver release that day.

BUT! I suggest you do use the WinXP Driver until that, because the Vista
Driver has some trouble with 5.1 Sound !!

I am currently struggling with this 5.1 sound problem. I just put
together a new system that includes an Intel DP965LT mobo with 5.1 HD
Audio, and I've gone round in circles, unable to get both, 1) the audio
functioning correctly and 2) the microphone recognized, at the same
time. It seems I can have my microphone recognized (for use with Skype)
but my sound horribly garbled, or I can have nice sound but no
recognition of the existence of my microphone. I'm going round in
circles and wondering what to do . . .

sofamensch wrote:
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> BUT! I suggest you do use the WinXP Driver until that, because the Vista
> Driver has some trouble with 5.1 Sound !![/color]

I'm happy to report that I got my sound problems resolved through a
combination of updated drivers and a lot of tenacity. :)


Daze N. Knights wrote:[color=blue]
> I am currently struggling with this 5.1 sound problem. I just put
> together a new system that includes an Intel DP965LT mobo with 5.1 HD
> Audio, and I've gone round in circles, unable to get both, 1) the audio
> functioning correctly and 2) the microphone recognized, at the same
> time. It seems I can have my microphone recognized (for use with Skype)
> but my sound horribly garbled, or I can have nice sound but no
> recognition of the existence of my microphone. I'm going round in
> circles and wondering what to do . . .
>
> sofamensch wrote:
> <snip>[color=green]
>> BUT! I suggest you do use the WinXP Driver until that, because the
>> Vista Driver has some trouble with 5.1 Sound !![/color][/color]

"bunkoman" wrote
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>I am warned on a daily basis that my Creative Sound Card driver will
>timeout on Jan 12. What happens then? i.e. when will the replacement be
>available and what do I do for sound in the meantime?[/color]

The Beta drivers have been removed from the Creative download link for the
Audigy cards. So maybe it's close.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]