Why did creative give us a nonworking driver? No sound. Sound Fa

Tried to redownload a new sound driver...the 2.09 one... Turns out it was the same demon spawn that didn't have sound when I tried downloading it a while ago. It still has not been fixed? I was hoping to upgrade since my sound always fades away during cinematic cutscenes. I am using a Audigy 2... Anyone else get this driver to work? Its quite frustrating. Although its not nearly as frustrating as knowing that creative has given up on their consumers. What is the closest driver to the new ones that actually works?Message Edited by Cactusking on 08-5-200702:2 PM

I fixed it, finally after 6 hours I managed to reinstall my old drivers. No thanks to creative, No thanks to their new drivers. Creative you really need to get your act together. You might make a lot of people think you care by putting up this forum, but its quite clear you do not care at all and this forum is a di'version. You give no official help or answers and your email contact is a pain in the buttookus to use. Which only further leads me to believe that you understand how angry your consumer base is and try to hinder the process of complaining about how bad your drivers suck (sorry no other word for the truth). Only to then get an email saying you can't help me because I am a long time owner and consumer of your company and I didn't recently buy your product within 60 days. Seething anger is all you make me feel inside. I won't be back, so ban away if I did something wrong by speaking the truth. Wouldn't be the first time anyway.

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