MIDI Inputs on AUDIGY 2 ZS Platinum Pro in Vi

Ever since the Vista install, I have no MIDI on this card. I have cleaned all drivers and reinstalled several times. Still, no MIDI. Can anyone please help?
Larry

I don't understand. First of all, the MIDI inputs work with the XP drivers (but the sound card doesn't), so I know the hardware is able to be seen by the software. I understand that MS removed MIDI support from the OS, but shouldn't the drivers recognize the ports on the card and use them? I also believe that the MIDI ports worked under Vista when I first did the upgrade. They only stopped working when I upgraded the mother board and CPU in the PC. So what gives?Larry

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