Audigy Se/Value 7.1 and Muffled Audio in Win XP SP3....

Hi...
I have latest Daniel k Support Pack Installed 2.7, Im Getting Muffled or loss of quality in sound when two sources played at the same time, Some Games are also Affected The latest Game NFS Shift 2 Unleashed? have Muffled sound, Have re-installed driver several changed os, Tweaked all settings No CHange, But No Prblem in Crysis 2 , Mostly some thing is broken i think, When Installed "Creative's Default Driver from Website No problems NFS SHift 2 sounds good ..Please anyone check it with SHift 2 with Danil k drivers and Creative's , As i Said no Problem with Crysis 2.....

System now working OK .
I reinstalled Firefox. I disabled all add-ons closed Firefox then opened again and enabled the add-ons again.
I had done this before with no difference. I'm not sure why it's OK now.
Thanks for looking anyway.
Regards Ldwr

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