Updating my Creative Play Center & Audio Headquarte

I had to have some major work done on my computer a while back, and they updated my Sound Blaster drivers while they were doing the repairs. As a result, my sound card works, my Creative recorder apparently works (it at least opens anyway), but my Creative Play Center and Audio Headquarters will no longer open. I'm running Windows XP and have a Sound Blaster Audigy Audio with IEEE 394 Sound Card . . .
The current driver is version: 5.2..286.
Creative PlayCenter is version: .5.23.0
Creative AudioHQ is version: .3.0.0
Creative Recorder is version: .2.2.0
I attempted to update using some of the files from Creative's download center (Audigy Web Update - Audigy Drivers AUD-WEBUP-W4-LB ) but that caused my sound card not to functon at all.
Which files do I need and what steps do I need to follow to upgrade my system so I can use Play Center and Audio Headquarters again?

Wow I have almost the exact same problem.
I have the original creative sound blaster.. (Which came installed with my computer.)
Originally I had the play center version number, 2.0.
But I had to recover my hard dri've due to another issue (not related to the sound card) and when I rebooted my system, at first certain creative software programs (such as sound recorder and other audio head quarters software) wasn't working correctly.
I tried to re-install the software but now here was where my problem got worse..
The card is set up for basically for plug and play on my system. It didn't come with a CD as the install program seams to be either in the card or saved to my hard dri've.. Not sure exactly but it was there.. (WAS!)
I should be able to un-install / re-install the programs but for some reason the first time I tried it worked but then the software slowly crashed out.
I tried to re-install the software again and when the computer finished booting I lost half the software all together! Including the install program! I tried going to creative and tried downloading software but all I could find was play center .0
I need 2.0.
As it stands now.. I still do not have the sound recorder and i also lost the creative sound studio.
but I do have audio head quarters which has the mixer and a few other things..
If someone knows a way to help either of us please respond..
Thanks to any that can help..

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