Vista 64bit and BF2 prob with ingame voip

[GranpaSam]

Hey guys, I have been playing BF2 for years on xp32 bit OS but went all out on an upgrade

Mobo Gigabyte x48t dq6 bios f4
PSU Zalman 850W
CPU intel quadcore q6600 2.4ghz
RAM 2GB OCZ 19600
Sapphire Radeon HD3870x2 (1gig)
OS Vista 64bit ultimate SP1
Sound- Creative fatality platinum xfi edition

All drivers are up to date. Awaiting creative to finish new driver.

Problem is that In BF2 i cannot use or hear VOIP, which is strange as when I play I also use TS which works the best it can with Vista (why does vista keep resetting my sound choice). When I tried reinstall of Sound card video and BF2 no improvement.
When I reinstalled BF2 voip setup activated and worked but with slight reverb in sound. How ever trying to go into voip setup now it does not work and you cannot save or it freezez comp.
If you try and do a mic test in game it crashes to desktop.
Every time I load the game I have to change my audio from creative to hardware apply and then back to creative and apply so I can actually have in game sound with creative extras(not sure they work anymore).

BF2 wouldnt actually run in Vista due to application error 0xc0000142 Dsound.dll which is some directx issue but after installing creative alchemy all is ok and playing game just with no voip.

Now I get that BF2 was designed and tested for 32bit xp but alot of you use 64bit machines and I am sure we have some using vista 64bit ultimate but with different setup.
I am awaiting any new drivers to come out and BF2 patch :) its on its way.
If anyone has any fixes I am willing to try.

[GranpaSam]

Is there anyone out there with any suggestions?