Sound Blaster Audigy Vista Beta Driver 2.12.0001

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series audio devices. <div id="DetailedDesc"><p>Take note of the following:</p><ul><li>THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver. </li><li>We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver for critical tasks. </li></ul><p>This download supports the following audio devices only:</p><ul><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series </li><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series </li><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series </li><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4 </li><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA </li></ul><p><em>Known issues:</em></p><ul><li>Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download. </li><li>Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations. </li><li>This driver does not support the following: <ul><li>Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals </li><li>DVD-Audio </li><li>DirectSound®-based EAX games </li><li>Gameports </li><li>6.1 speaker mode. </li></ul></li><li>SPDIF passthrough is supported on Vista 32-bit only. </li></ul><p><em>Requirements:</em></p><ul><li>Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit </li><li>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy audio devices listed above. </li></ul><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ul><li>DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit, Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value. </li><li>To install the driver, do the following: <ol><li>Download the SBAX_PCDVTBETA_US_2_12_0001.exe file into your local hard disk. </li><li>Double-click the downloaded file. </li><li>Follow the instructions on the screen. </li></ol></li><li>To uninstall the driver, do the following: <ol><li>Click <strong>Start</strong> -&gt; <strong>All Programs</strong> -&gt; <strong>Control Panel</strong>. </li><li>Double-click the <strong>Device Manager</strong> icon. </li><li>Double-click the <strong>Sound, video and game controllers</strong> option. </li><li>Right-click the <strong>Creative SB Audigy</strong> option, and select <strong>Uninstall</strong>. </li><li>From the the <strong>Confirm Device Uninstall</strong> dialog box, select the <strong>Delete the driver software for this device</strong> option.<br /><b>Note</b>: This check box must be selected to avoid reinstallation issues. </li><li>Click the <strong>OK</strong> button. </li><li>Restart your computer. </li></ol></li><li>To reinstall the driver, do the following: <ol><li>Double-click the SBAX_PCDVTBETA_US_2_12_0001.exe file. </li><li>When the message <strong>You must restart your computer to apply these changes</strong> appears, click the <strong>Restart Later</strong> button. </li><li>Follow the instructions on the screen. </li></ol></li></ul></div>