X-Fi Mode Switcher won't work in XP non-admin accou

I have installed X-Fi extreme music on my WinXP SP2 machine. Both audio console and the graphical console launcher/mode-switcher won't work properly in non-admin accounts. It will be "stuck" in one mode and whatever I do, it refuses to change to another mode.
Both work fine when I use the admin account. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Unfortunatly Im a greedy cuss and won't share my computer with anyone so I'm running in more or less Admin 24/7 and not ran into the issue. I think there is a setting in XP that you can change that will allow non-admins to make changes to the system. You might check User settings for the account in the "User Accounts" in control panel. Will see if I can find some info on it for you but you can also check MS Knowledgebase.

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