Sound Blaster Live 5.1 , Sound Not WOrking in Windows A

Hi,
I am having a problem with my Sound Blaster Li've 5. , I get sound in applications like Media player or games but in windows xp itself I get nothing. I go to the sounds tab in the the control panel and its like it does not see the sound card, the little play button next to each windows sound is not lit. I have ininstalled the card, taken it out rebooted:angry: and reinstalled with no success..any sugestions?
thanks in advance

i guess you're using WindowsXP, huh? well, im using Win2000P. once my Life! wasnt properly recognized by windows too, so i checked for any old soundriver files. then i installed the card manually with the hardware assistant.
after that i could install the livedriverunipack from creative, and everything was fine. but of course windows should detect that card without that procedure! maybe you give it a try. (btw, dont play the with the IRQs)

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