My mic is unavailable in Vi

Hi there. I can't get my mic to work under Vista. When going to recording devices it says unavailable and I can't find where to make it available. Anyone knows a solution for this?I have the latest X-Fi sound drivers installed on my system. My soundcard is a Fatality. Thx for your time?Best regards?VoltureXMessage Edited by VoltureX on 0-06-200703:0 AM

This is a common error with the newest x-fi drivers. There are many other features that worked with the previous version but do not work in the latest, including spdif out on x64, and many people are hearing loud crackling.
I would recommend that you use the previous version of drivers, but they expire soon! How dumb, right? The bad news is that I wouldn't count on creative lifting a finger to fix these drivers, since the vista page says this is the driver version we're getting for now. Remember that when you go to buy a new sound card and have to choose which brand to buy.

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