Vista - Creative Audigy Update Broke My Sound!

After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot. It
was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy" update
within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.

I was an early adopted with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the aforementioned
OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell of a
lot better!

What's going on?

/GR/ said:

> After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
> finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot. It
> was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy" update
> within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
> numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.
>
> I was an early adopter with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the aforementioned
> OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell of a
> lot better!
>
> What's going on?

Drivers at the manufacturer's site are often more up-to-date than those
found through Windows Update. You might be better served to use Update
only for MS patches and features.

Once the system is up, try Control Panel|DEVICE
MANAGER|SOUND...CONTROLLERS. Double-click on the Creative item, then
click the DRIVERS tab, and try a roll-back.

Or reinstall the latest drivers for that card...
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...?l=3&sid=14186
Windows Vista - Driver Availability Chart

"GR" <GR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
> finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot.
> It
> was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy"
> update
> within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
> numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.
>
> I was an early adopted with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the
> aforementioned
> OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell
> of a
> lot better!

Lots of issues still with Creative sound card drivers. Many unhappy folks.
Creative is not doing a very good job to say the least. Go to the Creative
web site and try the drivers they have there.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Creative didn't solve a similar problem that I had when I upgraded to
Windows XP Pro when it first became available. I reverted to the sound
system that was on the main board.
"GR" <GR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:222911B9-E4B0-4CFA-AFF3-20A4A6AFCCD4@microsoft.com...
> After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
> finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot.
> It
> was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy"
> update
> within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
> numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.
>
> I was an early adopted with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the
> aforementioned
> OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell
> of a
> lot better!
>
> What's going on?

Device Manager doesn't see any creative card. I've installed, re-installed,
pulled-out and reseated my sound card, but to no avail!

I am getting sick and tired of Creative's lack of creativity with
constructing a decent driver. I have been unable to use my soundcard since I
initially installed Vista in early February.

Thanks dev.

"dev" wrote:

> /GR/ said:
>
> > After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
> > finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot. It
> > was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy" update
> > within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
> > numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.
> >
> > I was an early adopter with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the aforementioned
> > OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell of a
> > lot better!
> >
> > What's going on?
>
> Drivers at the manufacturer's site are often more up-to-date than those
> found through Windows Update. You might be better served to use Update
> only for MS patches and features.
>
> Once the system is up, try Control Panel|DEVICE
> MANAGER|SOUND...CONTROLLERS. Double-click on the Creative item, then
> click the DRIVERS tab, and try a roll-back.
>
> Or reinstall the latest drivers for that card...
> http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...?l=3&sid=14186
> Windows Vista - Driver Availability Chart
>

/GR/ said:
> "dev" wrote:
>> /GR/ said:
>>
>>> After spending way too much time troubleshooting my audigy 2 soundcard, I
>>> finally got it to work recently by reseating the card into another slot. It
>>> was working fine until I clicked on the recommended "creative audigy" update
>>> within Vista Update. Immediately following this update, my system crashed
>>> numerous time and was unwilling to reboot.
>>>
>>> I was an early adopter with Win95, Win98 and XP. None of the aforementioned
>>> OS's have given my as much grief as Vista. Heck, Vista RC1 seemed a hell of a
>>> lot better!
>>>
>>> What's going on?
>> Drivers at the manufacturer's site are often more up-to-date than those
>> found through Windows Update. You might be better served to use Update
>> only for MS patches and features.
>>
>> Once the system is up, try Control Panel|DEVICE
>> MANAGER|SOUND...CONTROLLERS. Double-click on the Creative item, then
>> click the DRIVERS tab, and try a roll-back.
>>
>> Or reinstall the latest drivers for that card...
>> http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...?l=3&sid=14186
>> Windows Vista - Driver Availability Chart

> Device Manager doesn't see any creative card. I've installed,
re-installed,
> pulled-out and reseated my sound card, but to no avail!
>
> I am getting sick and tired of Creative's lack of creativity with
> constructing a decent driver. I have been unable to use my soundcard
since I
> initially installed Vista in early February.

Perhaps the genesis of the problem lies elsewhere. Here Audigy 4 is
working fine. However, the current driver does not support most
software utilities bundled with the card...which does appear in Device Mgr.