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Old 06-24-2006   #1 (permalink)
johna1940
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vista driver not compatible with vista

I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I got
an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
verson of windows.
How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?
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John Arnett

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Old 06-24-2006   #2 (permalink)
Yuriy Shkolnikov [MSFT]
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Re: vista driver not compatible with vista

Could you possibly post here the brand and the model of your card?
What is the drivers version? Where did you get the drivers? On CD?
If it is from the Web, can you provide a link please?

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Yuriy

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"johna1940" <johna1940@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I

got
> an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
> verson of windows.
> How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?
> --
> John Arnett



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Old 06-24-2006   #3 (permalink)
Donald L McDaniel
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Re: vista driver not compatible with vista

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:04:01 -0700, johna1940 <johna1940@cox.net>
wrote:

>I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I got
>an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
>verson of windows.
>How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?



This means that:
1) There is something wrong with your Vista installation in general,
if it is not recognized as the default OS by the Creative driver.
Or, it means:
2) Something is definitely wrong with the Creative driver if it won't
recognize your default OS. Possibly, you got a bad download of the
driver. Try redownloading it.


==

Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread.
=====================================================
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Old 06-24-2006   #4 (permalink)
Valery
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Re: vista driver not compatible with vista

I have the same problem with GeForce 6800 card. The older driver identifies
the OS as "Longhorn ()" although I run the latest 5384 Beta 2 build. The
drivers must be looking at different parts of OS to identify the version.
Valery

"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:04:01 -0700, johna1940 <johna1940@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I got
> >an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
> >verson of windows.
> >How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?

>
>
> This means that:
> 1) There is something wrong with your Vista installation in general,
> if it is not recognized as the default OS by the Creative driver.
> Or, it means:
> 2) Something is definitely wrong with the Creative driver if it won't
> recognize your default OS. Possibly, you got a bad download of the
> driver. Try redownloading it.
>
>
> ==
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original thread.
> =====================================================
>

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Old 06-24-2006   #5 (permalink)
Valery
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Re: vista driver not compatible with vista

I have the same problem with GeForce 6800 card. The older driver identifies
the OS as "Longhorn ()" although I run the latest 5384 Beta 2 build. The
drivers must be looking at different parts of OS to identify the version.
Valery


"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:04:01 -0700, johna1940 <johna1940@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I got
> >an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
> >verson of windows.
> >How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?

>
>
> This means that:
> 1) There is something wrong with your Vista installation in general,
> if it is not recognized as the default OS by the Creative driver.
> Or, it means:
> 2) Something is definitely wrong with the Creative driver if it won't
> recognize your default OS. Possibly, you got a bad download of the
> driver. Try redownloading it.
>
>
> ==
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original thread.
> =====================================================
>

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Old 06-24-2006   #6 (permalink)
Valery
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Re: vista driver not compatible with vista



"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:04:01 -0700, johna1940 <johna1940@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I got the creative sound card driver for vista and tried to install it. I got
> >an error message that I needed to upgrade to vista, because i had an older
> >verson of windows.
> >How can I get vista to let me install the sound card driver for vista?

>
>
> This means that:
> 1) There is something wrong with your Vista installation in general,
> if it is not recognized as the default OS by the Creative driver.
> Or, it means:
> 2) Something is definitely wrong with the Creative driver if it won't
> recognize your default OS. Possibly, you got a bad download of the
> driver. Try redownloading it.
>
>
> ==
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original thread.
> =====================================================
>

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