X-Fi Xtreme Gamer on Windows 7: Installation details

? On X-Fi Xtreme gamer support page there is officially only driver for W7.
What about Alchemy, Console Launcher etc? Is it the same as W Vista?
When I run Creative Software AutoUpdate it says "Critical" for several versions of Console Launcher. The most newer one is the smallest one in MBs. So what should I install. All versions, or just the last one?
Thanx.
Edit: Creative made this really confusing. First of all,? there is no THX console when I download and install driver from web. So, I need to insert Creative disc with old drivers, start the installation and choose only THX to install. It's really annoying. Why don't they implement thx in console installation, or driver installation? Second thing is about AutoUpdate. It says that I need to install all Console Launchers, but in fact every newer version doesn't update the old one, but removes it.

I have major problems with my Xfi in Win 7 64 right now as well. The Console works fine from Vista if you want to download that. Creative is being very lazy about updating there drivers at this point as you can see from all the upset posts in the Win 7 forums. Just hang tight like the rest of us :*(

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