so from this article looks like creative labs purposely made crippled drivers for vista
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/0...ve-fixing.html
a petition against the creative labs crap
http://www.petitiononline.com/crtvlabs/petition.html
I think if you install the drivers again under compatibility XP SP2 it may work.
I dunno about these `fixed`drivers but have a go if you want to.<
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/3...gy?tab=summary