After reboot volume low (Audigy 2 Platinum P

Hello everybody,
Here i have a strange behaviour although everything seems to work fine, after each reboot i gotta risen the volume. Seems the drivers or XP Pro forgets the value i had before the shutdown. All the drivers are properly installed and the installation has been done lately from zero.
Is this problem known to anybody ? If yes how could i could solve it ?
Thanks for your time in advance

Just solved the problem. Have a cheap Keyboard here, a made in China Viewsonic ViewMate Office Keyboard KP202 and the Software was from 2002, no newer published. Well since this Software had a volume meter integrated i suppose that after the OS started the Audigy drivers the start of the Keyboard Software set the volume level to a certain value that cannot be changed at all. I just uninstalled it and all runs as it should. Also 2 Errors in the Event Manager have dissappeared. DCOM and Netropa Driver i was told that couldn't be loaded, now all runs fine. I also informed their german support, so i hope that they will integrate it in a FAQ or so.
Thanks anyway for your time

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cjsieben 
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Posts:
Registered: 0--2005
After doing a search and coming up with nothing, here's my problem.
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