SBZ re-installing itself as SB Recon3D PCIe

Hello,
I use the latest driver from Creative's website and my OS is 8.1 Pro x64.
I've been having this problem where after first installing it in a PCIe slot and then installing drivers it's fine...BUT after a day or two if I have completely shut down the PC and turn it on the sound card in the device manager changes from Sound Blaster Z Audio Controller to SB Recon3D PCIe. When I try opening the SBZ control panel I get "The current selected audio device is disabled, not present, not supported by the application, or has unplugged jack connections. Do you want to select another audio device now?"
This ALWAYS happens. Uninstalling and reinstalling the driver shows up as Recon3D. The only way I can get it back to normal is to uninstall drivers, physically remove the card, install it back, and then install the drivers. And I've tried this method on multiple PCIe slots.
I've also disabled the onboard audio in the BIOS and did not install the HDMI audio drivers that's included with my AMD GPU just in case.
Has anyone else experienced this on 8.1 Pro x64? I tried using older drivers but they're not supported. I guess the latest on Creative's website added 8.1 support.

Hi dinopkk,
thanks for the suggestion. This might be a useful but currently i have no intention to reinstall my OS(WIn 7 x64) just to get one device working. My MB F2A55-M has a Compatibilty Manager for UEFI and Legacy Devices and worked fine in the past. I'll have a look whenever I might need a fresh OS install. Thank you!
@Colin-CL: I can confirm this problem with the SB-Z plugged into a x1 PCIe slot. As suggested only a complete uninstall, physically removing the card and reinstalling the latest driver package works for a while. The problem will come back if windows update is in the mood to "update" your drivers... Cheers.

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