Soundblaster Live Value and Windows

I have been previously running Soundblaster Li've Value on an Windows ME computer without any problems. I have now upgraded to Windows XP, could you please advise what files I require to run Soundblaster Li've Value on Windows XP including the application file. Are any files required from the original Soundblaster CD. I would appreciate your advise. kevsim

[size="3" face="Times New Roman">Catherina-CL, ?I thank you for the advice and for the others in sharing their experiences.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">I still have a few problems and would appreciate some further help.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">I have installed the update as suggested.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">When I was running Sounblaster under Windows ME, there was an applet called ?What You Hear?, I can now no longer find this applet.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">The other issue is, previously I had a sound recorder which would record in stereo, since the upgrade I can no longer find this, it was part of Soundblaster.
[size="3" face="Times New Roman">kevsim

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