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Windows 7 upgrade, now mic doesn't work (soundcard problem)
I previously had windows vista installed on my computer and just the other day reformated and installed windows 7 64bit. Before reformating and installed win7 my computer worked fine.
Now after the upgrade to win7 i am having problems with my sound card. I have a Creative Worlds - Sound Blaster X-fi XtremeGamer sound card.
My sound works fine, i can watch movies, listen to music play games, my sound comes in fine. When i use skype or ventrilo to talk, my microphone doesnt work and a message comes up that says Cant access your sound card. On vent it says "Unable to activate DirectSound for selected device. DirectSoundCaptureCreate failed. HR=DSERR_NODRIVER. No sound driver is available for use"
The first thing that came to my mind was installing the drivers. I downloaded the drivers from the creative worldwide website for my sound card, and from dell.com for my model computer. When i try to install them, it says "Device object not present, please restart and then run setup"
So i thought ok, my computer isnt recognizing my sound card, so i downloaded a identification model off the creative worldwide website for my sound card. Then when i try to run that, it says "Your version of Windows Operating System is not supported by this product. Please upgrade to windows 7 or later versions before trying to install".
Anyone have this problem or have any suggestion of what to do?