YES!!! 5.1 Surround Sound in Vista! THANK YOU CREATIVE

I installed Vista a few months back to evaluate it and liked a lot of things...but never could get the 5.surround sound to work on my Dell system with an integrated sound card. I went out and bought an inexpensi've Creative Audigy SE card in hopes that it would work. It didn't. Like everyone elses posts, the Vista config tool let me test all the speakers successfully, but wouldn't utilize them when playing music. I kept checking the Creative site looking for updated drivers and upon each install I found myself more and more discouraged at the lack of support. But today, I downloaded and installed "Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit XP and Windows Vista Pack .04.0077" and YES
!!! I have surround sound again. There is one manual step post install: Enable CMSS-3D in the Console tool. I can handle that. Thank you Creative for doing something Microsoft couldn't (or refused) to do. It sure seems like a basic thing to a novice like me...make my speakers work in Vista the way they worked in XP. Today is a good day.

LoL..if only you have an Audigy 2 card like me or other cards, you'd probably say other things

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Hi all! I have an iphone 4s. I want to buy an ipad but I'm torn between wifi or wifi+cellular because of the price difference. Can I really use my iphone 4s as the wireless hotspot for my ipad? If yes, is the signal good and fast? Thank you for your response.

Yes you can if:
1: Your cellular provider offers a data tethering option.
2: You have subscribed to this option.
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Thank you Creative for the new Firmw

From what I read on the boards, I think EVERYONE that owns a Micro should reply to this post in thanks for cranking out a Firmware that solves the hated Battery Drain problem. I work in an atmosphere where thanks is hardly given out (being a teen, that normally happens), so, thank you, because this deserves it.
Thank you.
Don't hurt me for having absolutely no substance other than that and wasting your time for posting this. I hope this doesn't violate any unofficial rules! If it does, sorry, but I felt this was needed.

yes, a very deserved tnx creative! so far all you have done is bring beatiful sound to my ears when i need it most
keep up the great work!!!

Thank you Creative for wrecking my LCD Display on my Desk

I have just installed the new update to get rid of the screeching because I use 4GB of Ram. After installing the update for my soundcard I can't use the LCD Display and can't use the remote control to fire up my TV card, DVD Player or anything else that use the remote control as it is a multimedia PC.
So Thanks To Creative Labs for another botched job....
It works with the normal drivers that come with the disk, but the sound is crap as I need for 4GB for what I do for work. I think that this is the last straw now. I'm looking for a new Sound Card.

I don't deny there are issues. However a vague statement like "wrecking my LCD Display on my desktop"? That's a new one to me.
AFAIK the only way a _driver_ could wreck a monitor would be to change the refresh rate too high or resolution too high (and most monitors will recognize this and just turn themselves off.) Obviously the driver didn't "wreck" OP's LCD display because the display works when he installs the old driver.
"Wreck" is his word, not mine.
This is all assuming we're talking about his monitor, not something else....it isn't clear.
Unfortunately drivers have bugs, games have bugs, windows has bugs, graphic cards have bugs, CPU's have bugs... I could go on and on. Thats just the way it is with home computers and windows. Buy a Mac if you want _less_ issues but you still won't be safe...
My 2 cents.
Message Edited by Xoxor on 07-5-2008 03:35 PM

Thank you Creative.Have a question tho

After having to fight alittle bit.Creative came through in the end,?Trace got my RMA oked, and its been shipped. THANK YOU, Trace, Dale-CL, and Creative as whole on this one. I do have one one question. On my rma replacenmt shows this?FG,SB0460/SB025/RM800 SB X-FI PLAT ENG CLI-8ASSY,SB025 X-FI PLAT INT DRV BK? INCLUDED W/FG ?What Does the FG stand for for, It wasnt on mt last rma, on the same product.As i?printed the first one out for my records and the FG was not there last time?Anyone have any knowledge of this?Message Edited by randalltroy on 08-7-200706:36 AM
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Message Edited by randalltroy on 08-7-200706:40 AM

Glad to hear everything worked out! As for the FG, as far as I know it's just one of the internal codes RMA uses, nothing major.
If you have any more questions or issues let us or someone in CS know!
Dale

My daughter reset my iphone4. How can I get back recorded memos = sound files? Thank you!

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if you want Lenovo's version of the Windows 8, you would need to call the Lenovo Service support in your country.
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I just upgraded my data plan from 6GB to 10GB for the same rate of $80 is this a promotion? If yes, when does the promotion end? Thank you.

I just upgraded my data plan from 6GB to 10GB for the same rate of $80 per month. Is this a promotion? If yes, when does the promotion end?

In most cases you keep the same plan and promotions even when you upgrade the phone. There are exceptions for very old plans and unlimited data, but essentially mrhelper is correct. You have option to "keep current plan" when upgrading. so in most cases, your statement that you will go back to $100 for 10 GB when upgrading is incorrect. What was your particular circumstance?

After a hard drive repair, can I restore my calendar entries from my ipod touch to my mac? please say yes! it's super important! THANK YOU! :D

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Thank you Creative and Robert

I just wanted to thank all of you who have worked so hard to get these last few driver updates out.
I feel real good about my $350 Elite pro investment. Everything I use is working so far and the sound is Studio
quality now. I have had cmss 3d stop working once so far, i switched to game mode then back and it was fine then (was watchin 2 channel movie source.)
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For one thung Vista wasn't out yet and I didn't know openal was going to be the Vista standard. I am glad my card works and sounds better than it ever did in XP. I'm thankful I didn't have to buy another soundcard for Vista.
I was never robbed lol my card worked from the beginning, with glitches occasionally.
I was not happy it took over a year to get the sound mapping correct on the outputs.
That is fixed and I am seeing an improved effort on Creative's part?getting new drivers out that I hope are working as good for everyone else as they are for me.
If you feel you've been robbed I suggest you file a complaint with the proper authorities.

Thank you Creative for returning FM recording to the Visio

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Yes, that was good news for V:M users but when are Creative going to release new firmware for the Zen Nano Plus and the Muvo players so that it contains FM Recording again?Could the Mods try and find out, please??PBMessage Edited by PeeBee on 2-09-20060:48 AM

Thank you Creative and moderators! (FM recordi

They finally brought it back for the Zen Vision M 30gb. Thanks to the mods for passing on our concerns. Now all Creative has to do is publish new firmwares for the Zen Vision/ Mircophoto/ Nano Plus bringing back FM recording. I will love them for ever if they give FM recording to the Zen V/ V+/ Vision M (60gb)/ and Zen Vision W. Oh and if they want to be really kind they could give an audible upgrade to the Zen Sleek Photo and maybe even the Zen Touch? Creative have gone back up in my estimation anyway.Message Edited by joshua32 on -9-200605:46 PM

Hey Joshua, you're easily pleased. Creative took something off you and then gave it back and you're chuffed to bits with them! Let's hope other suppliers don't catch on to this method of "pleasing" their customers. PB

Thank You Creative

Well, I had to replace my Zen Micro since it has that headphone jack problem. They responded promptly and I shipped it to them. They sent me a replacement one and im soo happy Creative has great customer support !

Glad to hear everything worked out! As for the FG, as far as I know it's just one of the internal codes RMA uses, nothing major.
If you have any more questions or issues let us or someone in CS know!
Dale

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I'm writing this as my last ditch attempt to solve my problem.
Recently I bought a 5.1 Onkyo AV Receiver, model HT-R558 as for the audio output of my machine.
I have connected the device components, however when connected to my Mac using a TOSLINK cable, all i recieve is stereo sound through the front left, center, and front right speakers. - The rear speakers give no output, and the subwoofer only works in iTunes.
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Connecting X-Fi XtremeMusic to 5.1 Surround Sound Sys

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If your system doesn't have an analog input with 5. connectors, you're limited to stereo via digital connection. Say "thank you Creative for not supporting digital surround on your cards"!
A sound card that does DTS or DolbyDigital encoding on the fly is what you need to have surround via digital connection.
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Or you can buy a receiver with the analog 5. input and digital ones also - that's what I have.
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I was wondering when the Netflix App will be updated to allow the 5.1 surround sound facility. Feels like Im paying for something that I cant get at the minute. There would appear to be very little point having Optical connector when very little is actually available with surround sound.
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YES!!! 5.1 Surround Sound in Vista! THANK YOU CREATIVE

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