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On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 02:00:38 -0500, Darren Garrison
<cynapse@greenville.infi.net> walked right in and proclaimed thusly:

>Thanks for the tips-- disabling the .wdm and installing the older drivers from the CD did the trick.
>I suppose that I shouldn't have assumed that the newer drivers would be better.  :-)

Fantastic! No, you definitely should not assume that. You may have
noticed that *now* you have your tone controls back! (.WDM breaks
'em.) Throughout Beta, MS insisted that although there was "nothing
wrong with the .wdm drivers," they were awaiting Creative's own
upgrade. We are all 
 S T I L L  waiting! Me, I'm bailing on Creative, hello Turtle Beach.
At least they answer the fookin' phone.

-Organfreak

>
>On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 18:04:00 -0800, Farley Funke <farleyfunke@nothardly.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>If that doesn't work, it's time to fool the .WDM drivers, IF you have
>>your install disc from Creative. You can force your drivers over the
>>.WDM ones in some cases (I was unable to), in the update drivers
>>dialog of Device Manager. So, when you can't, ----
>>
>>Go to Windows\INF. If INF doesn't show up, go to Tools/Folder Options,
>>check the radio button: Show hidden files and folders.
>>
>>Rename (Rt-click menu) these two files:
>>WDMA_CTL.INF
>>WDMA_ENS.INF
>>by changing their extensions to .OLD
>>You will receive a scold message, ignore it.
>>Do not delete them! You might need 'em sometime. Otherwise, this is
>>safe; Windows won't load what it can't find.
>>
>>Go to DevMan and remove the card. Uninstall the Creative software, if
>>any, from Add/Remove Programs.
>>
>>Reboot, use your disc when asked about drivers.
>>