Vista - Creative Gameport driver?

I recently installed Vista. Among other things, my Audigy sound card was not
installed. Being the prepared kind of guy that I am, I had downloaded the
latest Vista drivers for the Audigy from Creative.com. They work great, but
the Gameport driver doesn't seem to install. No matter what I do, it always
shows up in Device Manager as an Unknown Device. I've reinstalled the driver
for the whole sound card, and even updated the driver through Microsoft
Update, but have had no luck. Any ideas?

Gameports are no longer supported I believe, so it won't install.

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Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
"Bob Filarowski" <BobFilarowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D246EB2-3DE4-484D-9257-51BC1EBD04F9@microsoft.com...
>I recently installed Vista. Among other things, my Audigy sound card was
>not
> installed. Being the prepared kind of guy that I am, I had downloaded the
> latest Vista drivers for the Audigy from Creative.com. They work great,
> but
> the Gameport driver doesn't seem to install. No matter what I do, it
> always
> shows up in Device Manager as an Unknown Device. I've reinstalled the
> driver
> for the whole sound card, and even updated the driver through Microsoft
> Update, but have had no luck. Any ideas?

I was unable to get the driver from Creative to install at all for my Audigy
2, I have been using the motherboard built in sound since I installed Vista.
Can I inquire where you got this download from?

"Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
news:A29DED89-EC3B-4B1C-9D9B-68D5D715273E@microsoft.com...
> Gameports are no longer supported I believe, so it won't install.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64bit enabled
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
> "Bob Filarowski" <BobFilarowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:2D246EB2-3DE4-484D-9257-51BC1EBD04F9@microsoft.com...
>>I recently installed Vista. Among other things, my Audigy sound card was
>>not
>> installed. Being the prepared kind of guy that I am, I had downloaded
>> the
>> latest Vista drivers for the Audigy from Creative.com. They work great,
>> but
>> the Gameport driver doesn't seem to install. No matter what I do, it
>> always
>> shows up in Device Manager as an Unknown Device. I've reinstalled the
>> driver
>> for the whole sound card, and even updated the driver through Microsoft
>> Update, but have had no luck. Any ideas?
>

Go to http://www.creative.com. Click on Support, then Downloads. Choose
your world region, country, and language., then Go. Click Sound Blaster,
then Audigy, then Audigy 2 (or whatever your card is). then Next. Choose
language again, then Windows Vista, then Driver, then Go. You will find one
driver on their site for Audigy 2.

Bob

"Jim Clements" wrote:

> I was unable to get the driver from Creative to install at all for my Audigy
> 2, I have been using the motherboard built in sound since I installed Vista.
> Can I inquire where you got this download from?
>
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:A29DED89-EC3B-4B1C-9D9B-68D5D715273E@microsoft.com...
> > Gameports are no longer supported I believe, so it won't install.
> >
> > --
> > Jane, not plain 64bit enabled
> > Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
> > "Bob Filarowski" <BobFilarowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:2D246EB2-3DE4-484D-9257-51BC1EBD04F9@microsoft.com...
> >>I recently installed Vista. Among other things, my Audigy sound card was
> >>not
> >> installed. Being the prepared kind of guy that I am, I had downloaded
> >> the
> >> latest Vista drivers for the Audigy from Creative.com. They work great,
> >> but
> >> the Gameport driver doesn't seem to install. No matter what I do, it
> >> always
> >> shows up in Device Manager as an Unknown Device. I've reinstalled the
> >> driver
> >> for the whole sound card, and even updated the driver through Microsoft
> >> Update, but have had no luck. Any ideas?
> >
>

When I try to install the Gameport with those drivers(which work fine for
sound) The install fails with an error:

Windows found driver software for your device but unountered an error while
attempting to install it.
Creative Game Port
An error occurred during the installation of the device:
The driver installation file for this device is missing a necessary entry.
This may be because tehINF was written for Windows 95 or later. Contact your
hardware vendor.

"Bob Filarowski" <BobFilarowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B48BD0AD-77BB-4FF7-8711-2F113630D5D7@microsoft.com...
> Go to http://www.creative.com. Click on Support, then Downloads. Choose
> your world region, country, and language., then Go. Click Sound Blaster,
> then Audigy, then Audigy 2 (or whatever your card is). then Next. Choose
> language again, then Windows Vista, then Driver, then Go. You will find
> one
> driver on their site for Audigy 2.
>
> Bob
>
> "Jim Clements" wrote:
>
>> I was unable to get the driver from Creative to install at all for my
>> Audigy
>> 2, I have been using the motherboard built in sound since I installed
>> Vista.
>> Can I inquire where you got this download from?
>>
>> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
>> news:A29DED89-EC3B-4B1C-9D9B-68D5D715273E@microsoft.com...
>> > Gameports are no longer supported I believe, so it won't install.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jane, not plain 64bit enabled
>> > Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
>> > "Bob Filarowski" <BobFilarowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> > message news:2D246EB2-3DE4-484D-9257-51BC1EBD04F9@microsoft.com...
>> >>I recently installed Vista. Among other things, my Audigy sound card
>> >>was
>> >>not
>> >> installed. Being the prepared kind of guy that I am, I had downloaded
>> >> the
>> >> latest Vista drivers for the Audigy from Creative.com. They work
>> >> great,
>> >> but
>> >> the Gameport driver doesn't seem to install. No matter what I do, it
>> >> always
>> >> shows up in Device Manager as an Unknown Device. I've reinstalled the
>> >> driver
>> >> for the whole sound card, and even updated the driver through
>> >> Microsoft
>> >> Update, but have had no luck. Any ideas?
>> >
>>