ArsTechnica on Daniel_K Driv

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/2008033-creative-irate-after-modder-spruces-up-vista-x-fi-drivers.html
But the real issue isn't the money. Read between the lines, and O'Shaughnessy is proclaiming that his company has the sacred right to enable and disable features in-driver even when the sound card's hardware is perfectly capable of performing the tasks at hand.
According to Creative's own FAQ, sound cards from the X-Fi and Audigy families are incapable of decoding Dolby Digital or DTS, due to the fact that "these functions are not supported at driver level in Windows Vista." That's sort of true, but when?two of the driver files?from a standard X-Fi card are replaced with two driver files drawn from a Dell-specific driver available at the company's support [url="http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R44728&for matcnt=&libid=0&fileid=9372">web site[/url], DTS and DD decoding immediately reappear as options and function correctly.

ckozlowski wrote:
I had just read this on Ars, prompting me to drop in on the forums here again...
I spent a few weeks trying to troubleshoot popping and hissing issues with my X-Fi on my D975XBX board to no avail. I had purchaced an X-Fi for Vista support (I already have Audigy and Audigy 2s) but much to my surprise none of the features worked. I moved most of my audio and music editing back to my XP/Audigy2 machine. Gaming was horrid on the X-Fi so I enabled onboard sound.
Now I read that Creative's had features in the drivers all along, and that for whatever stupid reason, doesn't want to enable them?
WTF?
I shell out $200 for a card and find out later that half the features won't work, and then later discover that Creative's claims of how Vista broke most everything turns out to be lies. Wonderful.
Epic Fail, Creative.
Can't wait to find Daniel_K's drivers though. ?
<div align="center">Unfortunately most people missed the post that Creative put up saying that they would support some of his drivers.<div align="center">?<div align="center">THAT is why this has gotten out of hand.

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Hello, I have had a frustrating time getting my microphone to work consistently using this card and Windows 7 x64. Here is what is happening:
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Updated Audigy 2 drivers (July 2009 ) 2_8_00
Daniel K Drivers (3.6)
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Code:
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6., Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.09073-255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: 22-CK-NF68
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 644MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 642MB RAM
Page File: 594MB used, 0688MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (00 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.0.7600.6385 32bit Unicode
Sound Devices
Description: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_02&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20002&REV_04
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID: 00
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Other Files:
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Cap Flags: 0xFF
Min/Max Sample Rate: 00, 200000
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Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
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Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_02&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20002&REV_04
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID: 00
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Other Files:
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HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xFF
Min/Max Sample Rate: 00, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: , 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
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Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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Soundbooth has been discontinued and Audition now has taken its place from CS6 to the Creative Cloud.
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5.1/7.1, bass

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I have Audigy SE sound card, using Daniel_k driver, and logitech x-530. Windows XP.
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That headset only has one jack for sound, if it's importmant..,
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http://www.ask.asia.creative.com/wwimages/audio_int/xfi/xfi_cmss_entertainment2.JPG

I guess it is normal, because daniel_k drivers for our cards are different than for some other Audigy cards.Just look here
http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-Audigy-Series-Support-Pack-3-8-04-9-200/td-p/554398
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To daniel_k, or any driver co

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Get:?
Audigy = EMU
X-FI = EMU
There is no point using the SBli've!. Its an old card, and even the old Audigy is an huge advantage in sound quality and functionality against the SBLi've. The SBli've is only theoretically able to do EAX in Hardware only. Practically it doesnt have the horsepower to do this task without CPU. Only 32 Channels and it sounds like a waterfall. if you want MIDI get a SB AWE32 + 32MByte + Unison Soundfont?and use the SPDIF Output. Sounds better than the Li've! ANd even this is not needed with real AUdigy/ X_FI cards.
Do not buy:
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I'm in the same boat as you, I've used Mac's since day one and neglected my Windows education and now it has come to haunt me as I have to learn it like a school kid.
Nearly 99% of all businesses and nearly 95% of everyone use Windows, Steve Jobs declared "The desktop wars are over, Microsoft won" a long time ago.
By 2015 tablets are going to be selling to consumers more than traditional computers, your living proof, you got a iPad.
Apple has already discontinued the Xserver, the Xraid, the MacBooks and the 17" Macbook Pro.
Apple has introduced BootCamp in OS X 10.6 and up, this allows a partition and drivers so one can install Windows on a Mac.
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Why do you think they named it "BootCamp"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_BackDoor.Flashback
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/04/how-to-check-forand-get-rid-ofa-mac-flashba ck-infection/
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https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1222
1-1.5 years is the OS X upgrade cycle. Change everytime like it or not.
So I'm thinking about your long term future and how you obviously don't like change, need local assistance like it appears you first claimed.
So buy a new Mac and upgrade your OS X version whenever Apple shows it in AppStore.
When your machine can no longer upgrade to the newest OS X version, then you've got about another 2 more years of security updates before you have to buy a new machine or risk running a insecure one.
Learn here how to go about fixing your own machine and creating backups/bootable clones this way your not having to drive several hundred miles for a software or boot drive repair. Simply reverse clone your troubles away.
Most commonly used backup methods
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
I'm of the maturity and experience that I know a Mac isn't always the best solution for everyone and even Apple doesn't provide the proper hardware, support or features for everyone. Why only store locations in high traffic ritzy areas?
Our SteveJobs fan here is under 18 years old with good eyes, he's not older like we are with bad or failing eyesight.
The new Mac's have hard to see glossy screens and the type/UI can't be scaled up easily to accomadate our older eyes, however a Windows 7 machine does allow up to 150% scale of the UI, type etc., and also there are anti-glare screen PC's and just about no more anti-glare screen Mac's.
I wrote this User tip in case you have trouble seeing the screen, at least you can scale the web browsing up
Web browsing for hard of seeing users
Apple might still be selling the anti-glare 15" non-retina on their online store, it's the "high resolution/anti-glare model"
But I can get a 17" 1080i HD anti-glare Windows 7 laptop at Sager for a lot more performance and screen size for the price than a Mac.
https://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=category_browse&selected_cat=2
Screen size is important as the UI and text can be scaled up for easier reading.
Of course you do now have the option of having Windows pre-installed alongside OS X to begin your transition to the dark side.
Just call and they will accomondate, hold the option/alt key at boot time to swtich operating systems.
http://www.macmall.com/
Windows 7 looks just as good as OS X, the secret is having a good monitor with most PC's come with don't.
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It behaves very irrational in my eyes and I wonder what is wrong and what to do?
When I start the computer without that drive, it acts normally and the same goes for when I connect another external hard drive.
Did a control with disk utility on both the internal and the external drives, and it said they are fine.
I didn't notice that the hard drive was standing in the sun which was shining through the window behind my iMac and the room was quite warm. Can that be what started all this?
Also I noticed that the folder that I did a backup of, shows different content size on the Macbook pro and on the iMac. And this goes for both the original folder and the backup on the other external drive. Finder says both folders are 301 GB on the Macbook and 323 on the iMac. This freaks me out since this is a very important folder and I can't loose 22 GB. Anyone who knows why this can be?
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Thanks a lot rccharles, I'm gonna try this.
When data rescue (data recovery software) makes a clone of the problem disk, does it use the disk in another way than when it does normal data recovery? When I try to do data recovery it freezes after maybe 20 minutes just as when I just copy files in Finder, is it different when making a clone?
I don't know how Data Rescue works (it's proprietary software).
It does sound like your disk could be physically damaged (you still need to try an external case) - if you continue to try to repair you may lose even more data until the disk is totally unreadable. Imagine a spec of dust scratching across your data - the act of trying to read & re-read can cause more damage. As more pieces of disk get scratched off the platters the entire inside of the mechanism gets covered in dust, resulting in more scratches, more data loss…
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ddrescue is one command line tool that will clone without retrying to re-read, but that is complex to use.
http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
Here are examples from an old disk that ground up itself…
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=107678
Your issue probably is not be the same as that example, I'm not trying to scare you but you should consider how important this data is, repeated recovery attempts can make that impossible even for professionals.

Protected WMA music and Daniel K Driver

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MSN tech support is awful and they gave me about fifteen knowledge base articles and finally said, "We will refund you for the songs you have bought. We have no solution for you."? Well I am glad they game me back money, but I still believe the songs could be played. After reading many many websites Here is what I have found:
These are the errors I received in XP and Vista:
error C00DB?C00D759: The policies that the Input Trust Authority requires to be
enforced are unsupported by the outputs.
And here is a compilation of the solution I found:
This is quoted to reflect the words of the original author ?
" The crux of the problem is that in my computer the DRM subsystem does not
trust the audio devices so it refuses to play protected content. It took me
a while to find the origin of the mistrust. In first place my sound drivers
were signed by microsoft nonetheless! so that should take care of that issue
no?
Wrong, it turns out that most important than having signed drivers is to
have the Operating System actually enforcing that! If the OS does not force
the audio drivers to be signed the DRM system will not play protected music
(even though your drivers are signed).
So lo and behold, my windows vista was shipped from the factory with the
signing checking disable. I guess that the reason is that most of the drivers
out there are still unsigned (because of the recent release) so the OEMs
prefer to disable the checking to make sure that a lot of old hardware still
works.
The registry entry that controls wheter or not windows vista enforces signed
audio drivers is in the following path (use regedit to examine/change it).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Audio
And the entry is called
DisableProtectedAudioDG? (((<---------The key may be somwhere else in the registry, just search for DisableProtectedAudioDG---->))))))
When it is set to , the system does not check for signed drivers and the
protected content refuses to play.
So I only changed the value to 0, and restarted windows, now Vista does
enforce the protected audio and my protected music plays !!! (my normal music
also plays).
Be careful though, if your audio drivers are not signed, then, changing this
value to 0 will probably disable your music playback (not 00%).
So if your problem is that you don't get music at all, then try setting that
to , but if your problem is like mine (no protected music and you do have
signed drivers) then set the value to 0.
I hope this information is useful to any of you."
Cheers mates,
jmacguire

+ Hi,
I've also used some of daniel_k's driver pack. For the DisableProtectedAudioDG entry that you mentioned, I've found that it is added in driver pack where he did some modification to the original driver. My guess is the modification made the driver unsigned and so this entry is required (daniel, please correct me if I wrong)

Fusion Drive and sleepimage

Hello,
if you buy a new Mac with a Fusion Drive, where does OS X put the sleep image? On the SSD or the HD?
By "sleep image", I mean the file that holds the RAM while the Mac is in hibernation mode. It normally resides in /private/var/vm and is named "sleepimage".
Markus

I would guess the SSD, if only because it will allow the Mac to go to sleep faster.
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All of the above is total speculation. I do not have a Fusion Drive, and I have not read anything about where the SleepImage is stored when you have a Fusion Drive.
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<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/achieving-fusion-with-a-service-training-do c-ars-tears-open-apples-fusion-drive/>

I can no longer share because I do not have iCloud Drive or Yosemite????

I do not use iOS, I use Android, though I am a Mac and iCloud user. I have several Numbers spreadsheets that I share with other people that without warning no longer share!!!! I am told I need to upgrade to iCloud Drive on my iOS device, which I do not have one. I am told I need to upgrade to Yosemite to continue sharing my files and unless I am mistaken, Yosemite is not available!!!!!! And, I can no longer log into iCloud to even see my files because I have not upgrade to iCloud drive on my non-existant iOS device or through Yosemite which is not available!!!
Am I missing something here????

You (Windows user) may be in luck if you want to switch to iCloud Drive.
According to the specs, it is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8. I don't know about sharing, though.
See the Ars Technica article.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/icloud-for-windows-update-means-pcs-can-use -icloud-drive-before-macs-can/

Zero Out Data on a SSD drive: Are my findings correct?

"Note: With OS X Lion and an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault 2 encryption when you start using the SSD drive."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3680
Seems to hard to believe, as I've seen some of the top participants here clearly say that first your set a new partition, then erase Macintosh HD, then zero out data?

Retired Engineer, do you have any references? What I have read says otherwise.
Drive Wear & Tear
What is your estimation of wear and tear on the flash by writing to 0's. What percentage of the drives total usage has been "wasted"? I thought even consumer drives where capable of 1000 - 10000 rewrites per cell, whereas enterprise SSDs are capable of over 100,000: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9112065/Solid_state_disk_lackluster_for_l aptops_PCs?taxonomyId=19&pageNumber=1&taxonomyName=Storage.
"For one thing, it matters whether the SSD drive uses SLC or MLC memory. SLC generally endures up to 100,000 write cycles or writes per cell, while MLC can endure anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 writes before it begins to fail, according to Fujitsu's Hagberg. For its part, Western Digital's laptop hard-disk drive boasts up to 600,000 write cycles."
That's an old artcile too. Slightly newer, in late 2008 Micron/Sun achieved SLC NAND chips capable of over 1,000,000 write cycles: http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=440650 . I imagine things have gotten slightly better in the last 4 years.
Data Wiping
This paper (http://static.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf) states, "In most cases, overwriting the entire disk twice was sufﬁcient to sanitize the disk, regardless of the previous state of the drive."
Going on however, "Overall, the results for overwriting are poor: while overwriting appears to be effective in some cases across a wide range of drives, it is clearly not universally reliable. It seems unlikely that an individual or organization expending the effort to sanitize a device would be satisﬁed with this level of performance."
The best method I have found for wiping an SSD on a Mac is the (SAFE) Scramble and Finally Erase process as described in this UC San Diego research paper: http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/swanson/papers/TR-cs2011-0963-Safe.pdf.
According to their paper, the effectiveness of the procedure is equiavlent to degaussing a magentic drive. Another tidbit, the SAFE technique is replicated by Sandforce controller when someone reformats the drive (as mentioned by Linc Davis above, however, I believe this is specific only to Sandforce controllers).
References:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/03/erasing_data_fr.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211519/Can_data_stored_on_an_SSD_be_secu red_
http://arstechnica.com/security/2011/03/ask-ars-how-can-i-safely-erase-the-data- from-my-ssd-drive/
http://static.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf
http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/swanson/papers/TR-cs2011-0963-Safe.pdf

Windows 7 - 64 Bit Driver Needed For Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Model SB0100

I am having trouble finding a working driver for Windows 7 - 64 Bit for a Sound Blaster Li've! 5. Audo Card Model# SB000
I downloaded driver file SBL_PC64DRVBETA_LB_2_03_0005.exe which I think is a 64 Bit Sound Blaster Li've! update, but Windows 7 does not allow it to be installed because it is not a digitally signed driver. It also seems Creative is no longer supporting these old cards with new driver updates.
I love the card though. I have bought more recent sound cards and the sound of this card is still much better than the more recent sound cards I have bought. So I would like to keep using it if possible.
Are there any driver solutions?

I recently answered about the same question:
If you?use Vista or Windows7, then there is no official driver. You can only use alternati've drivers like Vista Support Pack by Daniel_K or the one from KXProject (better). But if you have more than 2 gigs of memory installed or an x64 OS, then both drivers will be half-working (as far as I remember, Daniel's driver won't work with more than 2 Gb of memory installed in any OS, and with KX-driver there will only be a problem with MIDI playback with more than 2 Gb AND x64 Win7).

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