Creative Surround Mixer won't o

I have an older Gateway Essential machine with Pentium III processor and running Windows 98 2nd Edition. It came from Gateway with Sound Blaster LIve Value and has worked flawlessly for 6 years. I upgraded the speakers to Creative set 5 years ago. Windows Media 9.00 and Real Player0.5.
A month ago, when I tried to open the mixer, I got the following error messages:
. CTSURMIX caused an invalid page fault in moduleMFC4Z.DLL at 0Sf:5f40404b. Then it gives registers and stack information.
2. CTSURMIX caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 08F:bff9db5e. Then it gives
a different set of registers and stack information.
I have attempted the following to resolve the problem:
. completely removed all Creative software and reinstalled 6 times. No change. Uninstalled again.
2. Went to Gateway site and down loaded the most recent Gateway update verison 3.2.0.8. Removed
prior Gateway update file. Installed new update file.
3. Downloaded most recent Creative updated drivers.
Ran Gateway update and Creative updates.
And still the Mixer gives me the same error messages. From reading the forums, it seems that I am not the only one to have this very frustrating problem!!
My music and videos sound awful because I can't adjust the effects.
Nothing else about my system changed ...no new software or devices were installed. Suddenly, the mixer wouldn't open. To me, this is the heart of my sound system. I allows me to enjoy my music and video files and customize to my liking!
Has anyone got any ideas. Sure would appreciate any help
Thanks

System restore did not work. Downloading and installing everything on creatives site for Audigy 2 Platnium, did not work.

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