Surround sound with Astro A40 headset

%Surround sound with Astro A40 headset? I've been having problems getting surround sound to work with my A40 headset to work with my computer.
I have an X-Fi Titanium and I'm running Win 7, although I also had this issue on XP and Vista.
Originally when the A40 was connected by optical cable the audio was distorted and would crackle heavily. Installing the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-X-Fi-Series-Support-Pack-2-0-05-5-2009/m-p/527485]DanielK support pack[/url] fixed the distortion and crackle issues.
Next, someone suggested I get the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://buy.soundblaster.com/_creativelabsstore/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?page=product_detail&category=Software&pid=F 2222DDN6Z2H2ADDEZD">DDL pack[/url]. I tried installing it but I get an errorhttp://i.imgur.com/qag0X.png
Any ideas?

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