SB Audigy 2 ZS & Creative T5400 5.1 Speakers

I have the setup mentioned in the subject and I have been wondering something: Is there a way to get Windows to upmix and use more than just 2 speakers for mp3s or other sound files? I have noticed that uinless I turn on CMSS, only the 2 front speakers are used unless of course I am playing a DVD or something.
This is odd to me because my last sound card was a SB Live! 5.1 and I have 4.1 surround and I didn't even have CMSS installed and Windows would always upmix mp3 stereo into the 4 speakers. Why doesn't it do it with 5.1 speakers and the Audigy 2?

Zeonstar,
CMSS is to my knowledge your only option for upmixing the sound to 5.1 with this setup. This is not a bad thing however as CMSS is a hardware feature of the card so it is not requiring extra software to be running in the background. Just enable it and it should give you 5.1 on all your stereo tracks.
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