Sound Blaster X-FI drivers not working

I have a sound blaster x-fi card, im pretty sure thats the model, and i downloaded updated drivers that were supposed to support it i believe it was SBXF_PCDRV_XPVT_LB_2_18_0015.exe. After installation i have no sound at all and if i try to chose the volume mixer it gives me an error message: "There are no active mixer devices available..."
It shows that it is installed properly and functioning in device manager and Windows Audio Service is running. After the updated drivers weren't working i rolled back to my previous drivers and the problem is persisting even with the old drivers that worked before. I'm at a loss I have tried everything i can think of even reloading drivers from the original installation cd from 2007 and i cant find anyone with the same problem on the net.

the full model number of the device is sb0460
I used auto update to find the offending drivers that are the whole cause of this issue. I know it is a problem with windows but it was caused by me attempting to update these faulty drivers. Updating the drivers is the only thing i have changed on the system that now has no devices available for playback. i have since uninstalled and removed the card from my mobo and switched to onboard audio and now that doesn't even work.
Just like the sound blaster, the onboard audio's drivers are working fine and the device says its functional yet i cant select it as a default playback device and i get the same errors when trying to open the mixer.
So basically the botom line is that the auto updater or the subsequent drivers that were retrieved by it messed up something in my system that even system restore cant fix.
I would love to do a full re-installation of windows xp media center but this is a hand me down computer and i dont have the installation disks. I'll probably have to buy or request one then wait 6 months just to have a functional computer again.

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