We have over fifty customers running Vista 32 with Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer with absolutely no problems - but none using Dell which is rated as a good average machine

If Dell have installed only the X-Fi Audio/Music card then that could be a part of the problem

I have the latest Vista upgrades working fine and a few of my colleagues are using Vista 32 SP2 RC with no problems

With Vista 32 it is even more important to have the very latest and compatible drivers - to download and install them with all virus and spyware programs temporary disabled - when install is complete closedown and reboot

It sounds as though Beatlejohn has some deep problems that need investigation

jazzman

BIAB - RealBand - 2022
Windows 10 64
Zoo computer with 7i processor- SSD 1TB -2TB HDD
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