Hardware Changes

i recently bought vista full edition and installed on a brand new computer. a
lot of hardware that i had bought does not seem to be compatible with vista,
especially creative sound cards. although creative has released beta drivers
for vista, things are not the same they used to be. i have lost my 5.1 hd
audio output and despite taking measures like buying a better sound card and
searching microsoft for updates have been of no help. i am now thinking of
changing my motherboard to have 5.1 audio output. my question is whether this
kind of hardware change is allowed by microsoft since a lot of performance in
terms of audio and video output has been affected? will i have any problem
whatsoever if i do any major changes to my computer just to get the
performance for which i have paid in full? will vista stop working on my pc
thinking its a pirated copy or sokmething of that sort? i had installed visat
just a couple of days back, not more than a week ago. any help will be highly
appreciated! warm wishes and regards!

"Abhishek Kumar" <Abhishek > wrote in message
news:07D63938-4A1E-4ACF-B5DC-...
>i recently bought vista full edition and installed on a brand new computer.
>a
> lot of hardware that i had bought does not seem to be compatible with
> vista,
> especially creative sound cards. although creative has released beta
> drivers
> for vista, things are not the same they used to be. i have lost my 5.1 hd
> audio output and despite taking measures like buying a better sound card
> and
> searching microsoft for updates have been of no help. i am now thinking of
> changing my motherboard to have 5.1 audio output. my question is whether
> this
> kind of hardware change is allowed by microsoft since a lot of performance
> in
> terms of audio and video output has been affected? will i have any problem
> whatsoever if i do any major changes to my computer just to get the
> performance for which i have paid in full? will vista stop working on my
> pc
> thinking its a pirated copy or sokmething of that sort? i had installed
> visat
> just a couple of days back, not more than a week ago. any help will be
> highly
> appreciated! warm wishes and regards!


I have switched between Onboard sound and Creative X-Fi sound without any
problems.

If you have not activated it yet, everything is fine.
You have a full retail version, not OEM disk.
Upgrade your motherboard, and the worst that could happen is that activation
has to be done by phone.
Just hold on until you speak to a real person.

"Seven" wrote:

> "Abhishek Kumar" <Abhishek > wrote in message
> news:07D63938-4A1E-4ACF-B5DC-...
> >i recently bought vista full edition and installed on a brand new computer.
> >a
> > lot of hardware that i had bought does not seem to be compatible with
> > vista,
> > especially creative sound cards. although creative has released beta
> > drivers
> > for vista, things are not the same they used to be. i have lost my 5.1 hd
> > audio output and despite taking measures like buying a better sound card
> > and
> > searching microsoft for updates have been of no help. i am now thinking of
> > changing my motherboard to have 5.1 audio output. my question is whether
> > this
> > kind of hardware change is allowed by microsoft since a lot of performance
> > in
> > terms of audio and video output has been affected? will i have any problem
> > whatsoever if i do any major changes to my computer just to get the
> > performance for which i have paid in full? will vista stop working on my
> > pc
> > thinking its a pirated copy or sokmething of that sort? i had installed
> > visat
> > just a couple of days back, not more than a week ago. any help will be
> > highly
> > appreciated! warm wishes and regards!
>
>
> I have switched between Onboard sound and Creative X-Fi sound without any
> problems.
>
>

"Abhishek Kumar" wrote:

> i recently bought vista full edition and installed on a brand new computer. a
> lot of hardware that i had bought does not seem to be compatible with vista,
> especially creative sound cards. although creative has released beta drivers
> for vista, things are not the same they used to be. i have lost my 5.1 hd
> audio output and despite taking measures like buying a better sound card and
> searching microsoft for updates have been of no help. i am now thinking of
> changing my motherboard to have 5.1 audio output. my question is whether this
> kind of hardware change is allowed by microsoft since a lot of performance in
> terms of audio and video output has been affected? will i have any problem
> whatsoever if i do any major changes to my computer just to get the
> performance for which i have paid in full? will vista stop working on my pc
> thinking its a pirated copy or sokmething of that sort? i had installed visat
> just a couple of days back, not more than a week ago. any help will be highly
> appreciated! warm wishes and regards!

Creative has newer drivers than the beta ones and they work fine. The only
difference is that you need to use the control panel SOUND to configure the
speakers.

I have an old audigy2 and have 5.1 but it defaults to stereo if you don't go
into the control panel an configure the speakers.

"bp" wrote:

>
>
> "Abhishek Kumar" wrote:
>
> > i recently bought vista full edition and installed on a brand new computer. a
> > lot of hardware that i had bought does not seem to be compatible with vista,
> > especially creative sound cards. although creative has released beta drivers
> > for vista, things are not the same they used to be. i have lost my 5.1 hd
> > audio output and despite taking measures like buying a better sound card and
> > searching microsoft for updates have been of no help. i am now thinking of
> > changing my motherboard to have 5.1 audio output. my question is whether this
> > kind of hardware change is allowed by microsoft since a lot of performance in
> > terms of audio and video output has been affected? will i have any problem
> > whatsoever if i do any major changes to my computer just to get the
> > performance for which i have paid in full? will vista stop working on my pc
> > thinking its a pirated copy or sokmething of that sort? i had installed visat
> > just a couple of days back, not more than a week ago. any help will be highly
> > appreciated! warm wishes and regards!
>
> Creative has newer drivers than the beta ones and they work fine. The only
> difference is that you need to use the control panel SOUND to configure the
> speakers.
>
> I have an old audigy2 and have 5.1 but it defaults to stereo if you don't go
> into the control panel an configure the speakers.

Dear bp, please if possible could you send me a link to the latest drivers
from creative for audigy 7.1 value. i shall be really grateful. thnaks in
advance! reagrds and warm wishes.