XFi Fatality, entertainment center install is

Hi all, sent this to creatives tech support but thought i would post it hear too.
Installed sound card
Ok for a few days
Installed some software for guitar called guitar rig 2
Couldnt get it to work properly, lots of interference/ background noise, played around with settings in the program, no luck so uninstalled it.
Switched to creatives audio creation mode but pc froze.
rebooted and tried several things but no good even when i did a system restore.
Uninstalled all drivers and software for card.
Tried to reinstall drivers and software but it would only ever get to 27% before it just stopped.
Carried out another system restore so I was now back to having everything installed again but not working correctly.
Tried repairing all software with the install disc, same as reinstall, pc just stopped.
Repaired programs individually with some success,
Music creation mode now works.
The only problem left which doesn?t want to repair is the entertainment centre and remote control, I cant uninstall or reinstall, when I try either, the computer just stops responding to either command, the pc has not locked, i can use it as normal, its just the install stops responding.
I have run registry cleaners but this has not had any success.
I hope somone can help because im loosing faith in creative and am wishing i had spent my 50 quid somewhere else.
Thanks for reading
Rich

i have the X-fi elite pro?I had the same issue with the entertainment center. I tried multiple re installs, reg cleaner then install.(SB's uninstaller leaves residue everywhere)still would hang near 27% install and lock up. I did custom install and did not install the entertainment center and that allowed me to get the rest of the product installed. I also have some other strange failures:?Every once in a while the card isnt recognized, all of my audio applicatons pop up with a "..the drivers/device you were using in a previous session is unavailable or missing..."------------reboot usually fixesCompletely loses MIDI------------reboot usually fixesMachine check exception BSOD happens once in a while, only after the soundcard was installedThe big breakout box......only the push in mute on the large volume knob works...sometimes.this is my system, i have recently installed the new SB drivers but am still having these issues?OS Name?Microsoft Windows XP Professional?
Version?5..2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600?
OS Manufacturer?Microsoft Corporation?
System Name?STEVES-BOX?
System Manufacturer?NVIDIA?
System Model?AWRDACPI?
System Type?X86-based PC?
Processor?x86 Family 5 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~808 Mhz?
BIOS Version/Date?Award Software International, Inc. F, 2/25/2005?
SMBIOS Version?2.3?
Windows Directory?C:\WINDOWS?
System Directory?C:\WINDOWS\system32?
Boot Device?\Device\HarddiskVolume?
Locale?United States?
Hardware Abstraction Layer?Version = "5..2600.280 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-258)"?
Total Physical Memory?52.00 MB?
Available Physical Memory?685.58 MB?
Total Virtual Memory?2.00 GB?
Available Virtual Memory?.96 GB?Please helpSteve

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