I would try to find a driver that works with vista, if not the xp one should do with realtek
My Computer
OS
Xp/Homeserver/Win7
CPU
Core 2 quad Q6600 @ 2.66 ghz
Motherboard
xfx
Memory
4 gb ddr2 Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
nvida 9600 gso
Sound Card
onboard?
Monitor(s) Displays
2 dell 1909w's
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
WD Caviar 500 gb
Velicoraptor 120 gb
PSU
antec 550w
Case
ultra
Cooling
artic cooling
Keyboard
logitech
Mouse
ms
Internet Speed
100 mbps
Other Info
Mostly gaming rig with XP installed.
WHS is an old gateway box with 1.5tb of storage running utorrent as a service with a gui.
Win7 on my acer aspire one netbook.
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
I finally got the 2.18 version to work, I had the same problems with my HD Realtek audio card. W7 loadded a Microsoft driver that would not work with the mic.