suprise suprise ...i want to uninstall

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And, I've not had any success in getting a driver that works. I've
downloaded the beta driver from Creative; I've tried the kX Project drivers
and none work. The best you can get is some sound that crackles and pops and
in Media Center doesn't work at all with the tuner, etc.

Damn embarrassing!
 
And, nothing works: I've tried the beta driver from Creative, the kX Project
drivers and the best I can get is sound that crackles and pops and suddenly
stops and doesn't work at all with the tuner in Media Center.

Very embarrassing not to mention inconvenient.
 
And, nothing works. Not the Creative beta driver. Not the Kx Project
driver. Best I can get is sound that crackles and pops and stops suddenly
and doesn't work at all with the tuner in Media Center.
 
They would love to include all the drivers right now. The problem is they
cannot include a driver that the manufacturer has not certified (at least as
a beta driver) for Vista. The manufacturer's are all over the place in this
process at this point. There are well over 100,000 Windows compatible
devices to worry about. Tough problem.
 
By that they mean the feature set. That does not mean they aren't fixing
bugs like crazy. But this is what beta testing is all about. Remember,
Murphy was a beta tester.
 
If Creative wasn't ready with a driver on time for Beta 2 then that's
unfortunate, but not Microsoft's fault. There are a ton of printers and
such the same way.
 
Not to belabor the point, but printers are not as fundamental as sound cards
to the functionality of a PC these days. You can always find a printer that
will work, but what are you to do if your sound card doesn't? There's no
sensible solution thjat doesn't involve opening up your PC and replacing the
sound card with another. Therefore, this IS a Microsoft issue and can't just
be thrown over the wall to the sound card manufacturer.
 
Of course it can. Sound isn't even enabled in some Windows Server editions.
Microsoft does not write the drivers and it is not practical for them to
wait until every last one is provided by the manufacturers before proceeding
to the next stage of the development process. Earlier betas lacked
fully-functional drivers for some widely-used NIC's, soundcards, and
videocards but the beta program proceeded anyway. It's not like they
released it for production use. Just as a preview.
 
Of course this is beta code. That's not the point here, however. To release
a beta to general public without support for one of the most widely used
audio cards (i.e., Soundblaster) and on top of that to not advise users of
this deficiency before they install is a major miss for Microsoft. This is
not some odd, noncritical peripheral we're talking about. If basic audio
functionality is missing, because of a lack of support for these devices,
then this software should not have been released outside of the development
and professional IT communities and a notice should have been given.
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Sorry, but this thinking just seems so wrong to me that I can't resist
replying. Here's the point: This software is advanced. On my
computer, Device Manager is clean and EVERYTHING works. I cannot
distinguish it from a RC on my computer. Therefore, why in the world
would you assert that Microsoft should be obligated to hold up their
beta testing just because one company -- the ALWAYS-TARDY Creative
Labs -- cannot get their act together.
We all understand that this beta isn't much fun on your particular
computer, but that is no reason that MS shouldn't release it,
especially with the provisos they give repeatedly about not installing
it on production machines or the main computer in a home setting.
If you don't want to beta test, then quit downloading beta software.
 
With latest driver do you mean the latest Vist64 driver (beta 1) or the
latest driver for WinXP64?
Cause the beta 1 driver does not seem to work.
 
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