- creative 5.1 problem
- Posted by Toby on October 25th, 2005
Hello,
Please help, this is driving me mad. A friend of mine had an issue with
various virii and trojans some of which he repaired, others I used Kaspersky and
Ewido on to remove said issues. The problem is some of his Creative SBlive 5.1
setup/drivers etc seem to have been corrupted. Each time the pc starts up there
is a Windows request display asking for certain creative dll's and WMD etc are
recognised by the system - but at least there is sound. However, after
downloading the supposed drivers and re-starting no sound can be heard, but the
request window doesn't pop up any more nor is the found new hardware message
displayed. He can't install his old drivers as he no longer has the cd, is there
an easy way of fixing this please, it is so frustrating?
I have been to the creative website, but it doesn't make it very clear
on which drivers to download, many many thanks for any help on this matter.
#
T.
Btw he's using Windows XP pro.
- Posted by old jon on October 25th, 2005
Try the `Soundblaster` site instead of `Creative`.
>
"Toby" <toby@msdn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Please help, this is driving me mad. A friend of mine had an issue with
> various virii and trojans some of which he repaired, others I used
> Kaspersky and
> Ewido on to remove said issues. The problem is some of his Creative SBlive
> 5.1
> setup/drivers etc seem to have been corrupted. Each time the pc starts up
> there
> is a Windows request display asking for certain creative dll's and WMD etc
> are
> recognised by the system - but at least there is sound. However, after
> downloading the supposed drivers and re-starting no sound can be heard,
> but the
> request window doesn't pop up any more nor is the found new hardware
> message
> displayed. He can't install his old drivers as he no longer has the cd, is
> there
> an easy way of fixing this please, it is so frustrating?
>
> I have been to the creative website, but it doesn't make it very clear
> on which drivers to download, many many thanks for any help on this
> matter.
>
> #
> T.
>
> Btw he's using Windows XP pro.
- Posted by Drew Tognola on October 25th, 2005
Toby,
I use Creative SoundBlasterLive and every time I reformat WinXP and then
reinstall my Creative Drivers my sounds are gone. I found this to be my
problem each time. Maybe you'll get lucky.
* 'Start', 'Control Panel' 'Sound & Audio Devices'
* click into 'Volume' tab > under heading 'Device Volume' click 'Advanced'
* click 'Advanced' button on the Volume interface >
* check box '1 Digital Output Only' > click Close
Drew
"Toby" <toby@msdn.com> wrote in message
news:9qsrl1h3se6l2c9aurp85isl77gefgocic@4ax.com...
> Hello,
> Please help, this is driving me mad. A friend of mine had an issue with
> various virii and trojans some of which he repaired, others I used
> Kaspersky and
> Ewido on to remove said issues. The problem is some of his Creative SBlive
> 5.1
> setup/drivers etc seem to have been corrupted. Each time the pc starts up
> there
> is a Windows request display asking for certain creative dll's and WMD etc
> are
> recognised by the system - but at least there is sound. However, after
> downloading the supposed drivers and re-starting no sound can be heard,
> but the
> request window doesn't pop up any more nor is the found new hardware
> message
> displayed. He can't install his old drivers as he no longer has the cd, is
> there
> an easy way of fixing this please, it is so frustrating?
>
> I have been to the creative website, but it doesn't make it very clear
> on which drivers to download, many many thanks for any help on this
> matter.
>
> #
> T.
>
> Btw he's using Windows XP pro.
- Posted by Drew Tognola on October 25th, 2005
Toby,
If this doesn't work, can't you go into Device Manager > Sound, video & game
controllers (expand header) > right-click the driver > Properties > Driver
tab,
click 'Roll back Driver' to return to the previous driver without the CD?
Drew
"Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Toby,
>
> I use Creative SoundBlasterLive and every time I reformat WinXP and then
> reinstall my Creative Drivers my sounds are gone. I found this to be my
> problem each time. Maybe you'll get lucky.
> * 'Start', 'Control Panel' 'Sound & Audio Devices'
> * click into 'Volume' tab > under heading 'Device Volume' click 'Advanced'
> * click 'Advanced' button on the Volume interface >
> * check box '1 Digital Output Only' > click Close
>
> Drew
>
> "Toby" <toby@msdn.com> wrote in message
> news:9qsrl1h3se6l2c9aurp85isl77gefgocic@4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>> Please help, this is driving me mad. A friend of mine had an issue with
>> various virii and trojans some of which he repaired, others I used
>> Kaspersky and
>> Ewido on to remove said issues. The problem is some of his Creative
>> SBlive 5.1
>> setup/drivers etc seem to have been corrupted. Each time the pc starts up
>> there
>> is a Windows request display asking for certain creative dll's and WMD
>> etc are
>> recognised by the system - but at least there is sound. However, after
>> downloading the supposed drivers and re-starting no sound can be heard,
>> but the
>> request window doesn't pop up any more nor is the found new hardware
>> message
>> displayed. He can't install his old drivers as he no longer has the cd,
>> is there
>> an easy way of fixing this please, it is so frustrating?
>>
>> I have been to the creative website, but it doesn't make it very clear
>> on which drivers to download, many many thanks for any help on this
>> matter.
>>
>> #
>> T.
>>
>> Btw he's using Windows XP pro.
>
>
- Posted by Toby on October 25th, 2005
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:56:32 -0400, "Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@msn.com> wrote:
>If this doesn't work, can't you go into Device Manager > Sound, video & game
>controllers (expand header) > right-click the driver > Properties > Driver
>tab,
>click 'Roll back Driver' to return to the previous driver without the CD?
Unfortunately that option isnt available
The soundblaster website is no better and the digital output check box does
nothing, I'm stumped, any more ideas please?
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on October 25th, 2005
forums.creative.com
You will find a post to where you could download an ISO image of an original
SoundBlaster Live drivers CD.
"Toby" <toby@msdn.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:56:32 -0400, "Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
>>If this doesn't work, can't you go into Device Manager > Sound, video &
>>game
>>controllers (expand header) > right-click the driver > Properties > Driver
>>tab,
>>click 'Roll back Driver' to return to the previous driver without the CD?
>
>
> Unfortunately that option isnt available
>
> The soundblaster website is no better and the digital output check box
> does
> nothing, I'm stumped, any more ideas please?
