Cannot uninstall/reinstall drivers, Audigy 2

Ok, I got myself into a fix this time, I suppose. I get sound from my speakers, but the problem is, I am unable to remove the drivers from my Audigy 2 ZS sound card. When I installed the card, i just installed the basics only, that is, I installed only the drivers. Later, I went to try and install my THX console, EAX, etc, and the installation program terminates. From my Add/Remove programs window, i can remove Media Source Go!, however, but it wont let me remove the "Audigy 2 ZS" entry from that window.
I put the driver disc that came with the sound card in my CD rom and started it up. When the option menu popped up, i clicked the "install" button for the auidgy 2 drivers. After this, a box pops up and says "Modify, Repair, Remove" and i can click one of them. I click the "remove" button, a confirmation box pops up asking me if i really want to, I click yes, the removal process starts, but then another box pops up which says:
Unhandled Exception
Error Number: 0x8004020
Description: An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers
Setup will now terminate
So, from here, there is no way for me to uninstall, or reinstall the drivers. Ive deleted all the Creative folders from my hard dri've, then use registry mechanic to go through and delete any leftover entries that may be in my registry, but I still cannot get this to work.
Would appreciate it if someone had an answer.

any ideas anyone? i've tried removing it in safe mode, even tried a driver cleaner program to maybe get rid of some old drivers. nothing seems to be working here.

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<img src=http://home.austin.rr.com/viajar/wdm.jpg>Message Edited by Midtower on 0-4-2004 08:45 PM

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