Do creative products work at all in windows 7?

Question

It's a total f-up for me with fatality pro 7. (connected to logitec . ? I'm getting nothing, none of the settings in the console have any effect on my audio, like the crystaliser, EQ settings, etc. I'm gettinng basic stereo sound when I run apps but that's it.
?I ran the creative diagnostic tool, which is the most useless peice of software I've ever seen, all it does is run a series of tests and tell you nothing. When it came to the speakers tests, no sound came out of any of them, but it doesn't help you to diagnose the problem.
?If I run th THX setup console and do the speaker test, it recognises the L, R and center, but not the rear or sub.
?In the creativer conosle laucher, if I go to the encoder tab it won't let me choose dolby or DTS because it says the creative audio service is not started.
?I checked in services and the only creative service are Creative Audio Engine Licensing Service and Creative ALchemy AL6 Licensing Service and they are both started.
?I'm running the latest beta driver for windows 7 and I used the updater to get the latest console and I think it downlaoded a dts/dolby decoder as well..
?THe only time I can get 5. sound working in all the speakers is if I go to the sound control panel in windows, bring up the properties tab for the SPDIF out, go to the supported formats tab and do a test on the dolby digital and DTS, then I do get surround sound and the display on my speakers correctly changes to recieving DD and DTS while the tests run.
?So creative cards are just broken in windows 7, right?

Answer 1

silkeno wrote:
That won't install for me, or the 2.5 pack, it says it's unable to detect a supported product on my system (yes I have completely uninstalled any creatvie drivers) Strange, since I can install any of the official creative drivers just fine, even thogh they don't work properly.
I may have misread your post but it sounds like you're trying to install a support pack that's actually designed for Audigy's.
Far as I know there is no X-Fi 2.5 support pack...
When it comes to the X-Fi's he has numerous packs, so based on Creative drivers, some based on the Auzentech ones.
But either way he always states what cards are compatible with what pack in his initial post.
[url="http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-X-Fi-Series-Support-Pack-2-0-05-5-2009/td-p/527485" rel="nofollow">This one[/url] looks like it's aimed at your card:
- Creative SB X-Fi PCI (OEM/Retail Elite Pro, Fatalty, Platinum, Platinum Fatalty Champion,?XtremeGamer, [color="#993300">XtremeGamer Fatalty Pro, XtremeMusic)
If I were you though I'd just go with the [url="http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=&CatName=Sound+Blaster" rel="nofollow">official Creative drivers[/url].
Like I said, they work perfectly for my mate.