Previously Installed Drivers...Plz Reboot Er

Ok so here goes. After a fresh install of XP pro i attempted to install the driver for my Audigy 2 ZS using the file SBAX_WBUP2_LB_2_09_006.exe. at some point during the install i got a blue screen of death and had to reboot. when i tried again i got the message 'you have previously installed drivers without rebooting. please reboot and try again'. of course i tried rebooting and doing it again but i got the same message. i then used add/remove programs to remove the creative files, used device manager to unistall the drivers/device and rebooted to try again. same message. i have sinced used CCleaner and dri've sweeper pro (in safe mode following the directions) with no sucess. i then repeated the process with the card physically removed but got the same message. at this point i have reached my limit. i've unistalled the creative software, sweeped for drivers, and cleaned the registry both with the card installed and unistalled. i've even tried using the beta drivers but same message. so the question is now what? any help would be much appreciated. i've searched the web and found some similar problems but no real answers beyond what i've already done. creative's response was basically 'pay us to help you or buy a new card' and i understand why but i really need this computer up and running and i cant exactly afford a new card. thanks in advance for any help!

PROBLEM FIXED!!! i have no idea how, but some combination of everything i've already done finally somehow worked. maybe some tiny scrap of creative software finally got removed by CCleaner or Driver sweeper or something but by the will of the gods it started making music for me so i wont ask questions : )?
BTW for anyone curious the card is working in its original slot, switching it didnt seem to have any effect. maybe it had something to do with it suddenly working but who knows...
Message Edited by thatguy_247 on 07-02-2008 09:28 AMMessage Edited by thatguy_247 on 07-02-2008 09:29 AM

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