DVD RW - lack of

After installing the beta Vista drivers i have lost my DVD-RW, only disabling all the creative products AT EACH REBOOT am i able to use this. It is very annoying especially when i am trying to restore the programs, documents and back up?after the installation of Vista. The Beta will not uninstall totally, thus it appears each time i reboot. I have the audigy 2 zs platinum pro (which has always been a pita!). The front panel does not work at all thus i can no longer connect the guitar or keyboard to the line in - the headphones?don't work either. <div align="center">[color="#ff0000"]The lack of customer support is astounding, not only on this?issue but with other?problems that have arisen in the past few years with your products. Vista has been available to you for long enough to provide adequate support and compatable drivers.Being told that i have to wait for drivers to become available before i can delete this fully and regain control of my?DVD RW?is ridiculous. When I purchase a product I fully expect to be able to use the features it contains as at the moment it is a waste of my hard dri've and pc slots.
I will?not be?purchasing creative products again.

hi Evan!
it's unusual that this started out of the blue ... did you install/uninstall/upgrade any hardware or software just before this started happening to you?
here's some standard resources for dealing with this sort of thing (but the sudden onset makes me wonder if something else is afoot):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93453
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300252
toonz, "Where to find firmware for your CD/DVD drive", 05:55pm Apr 15, 2005 CDT
keep us posted.
love, b

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From Google Translate, your message appears to be:
Highest quality when processing a 11 Elments DVD Premiere
May 8, 2013 6:34 a.m.
Tags: # elemnts_11
I just purchased Premiere Elements 11 and to the time for a 50 minute DVD that lacks clearly see, my camera is a Panasonic AG-AC90 and I'm recording in 1080 i25, I know that if apart from giving you the maximum quality to the time to make the DVD I am leaving without giving any step or what may be happening thanks
My response in Spanish
Para empezar, estoy asumiendo que su 1080i25 es de 1920 x 1080 16:09 en lugar de 1440 x 1080 HD anamórfico 16:9.
¿Cuál es su proyecto predefinido para sus Premiere Elements 11 para su uso con el archivo "1080i25"?
PAL AVCHD Full HD 1080i25
o
PAL disco duro, memoria Flash videocámaras Full HD 1080i25
Su 1080i25 es un archivo entrelazado que incluye Orden de los campos Campo superior primero. El DVD-VIDEO requiere Orden de los campos Campo inferior primero. Usted puede hacer el cambio
un. utilizando el formato AVCHD HD 1080i25 proyecto preestablecido completo PAL y luego aplicando Opciones de campo / Invertir dominio de campos en el proyecto abierto
o
b. utilizar el disco duro PAL especial, Videocámaras Memoria preestablecida proyecto Flash Full HD 1080i25 que debería estar haciendo de forma automática el ajuste de Campo superior primero a Campo inferior primero. NO USE Campo Opción: Invertir dominio de campos en este recorrido.Echemos un vistazo a la Orden de los campos primero y luego decidir lo siguiente.
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or
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or
b. using the special PAL Hard Disk, Flash Memory Camcorders Full HD 1080i25 project preset which should be automatically making the adjustment from Upper Field First to Lower Field First. DO NOT USE FIELD OPTION: REVERSE FIELD DOMINANCE IN THIS ROUTE.
Let us look at the Field Order first and then decide what next.
Please assure that your computer is optimized and that your video card driver is up to date. Do you have the equipment to do Blu-ray disc format on Blu-ray disc rather than DVD-VIDEO Widescreen on DVD disc? In the case of Blu-ray, the export is characterized by Upper Field First which is consistent with your source media.
Thank you. If at all possible, please write in English to avoid us having to dependent on Google Translate.
ATR

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Depending on what update your iPod is, you may need
to dowload YAMB to make sure the videos play well on
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