User Profiles in Windows XP Home affecting sound c

I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 Value card, that works fine for one of the users on my computer, but does not even show up as being installed when going to Control Panel/Sound Devices for the other user. Works perfectly for one profile, but cannot even be seen by the system for the other user.
Both users have been configured to have administrator rights, but situation remains the same.
Anybody else run into this?
Thanks for any and all help.
Bill

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