I newly upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit as of Vista 32-bit and used Windows 7 update to install "Creative - Audio - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio" for my sound card as it was offered as an additional download. I'm not so sure now the driver is the correct one as I have a PCI-Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio card. I had problems, as with a lot of other users, with the Creative autoupdate software refusing to recognize any Creative products but after having to restore a disk image I was able to get it working. When using the autoupdate it selected the correct drivers for my card listed as Version 1.04.0000 on the Creative site. But on running the installer after download, the drivers refuse to install because it says the drivers on the system are more up to date. Can anyone tell me why Microsoft offered drivers which appear to be the wrong ones from their update site? I am assuming the ones installed are for the non PCI-Express version of the card, although I can't be sure as I can't relate Device Manager version numbers to Creative’s ones.
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