No uninstall for Creative drivers

Bruuss · Jul 25, 2005, 10:52 AM

Hey All,

I want to uninstall the incorrectly installed Creative drivers (i installed drivers for Live! that support only 4 speakers, but I need to install for Live! 5.1 to enable 5.1 speakers I have).

To proceed correctly with Driver Cleaner, it is said to uninstall the drivers first.
However, I don't have any link to uninstall the Creative drivers from. It is not on the Add/Remove menu, nor in the Start Menu in the Creative folder.

How should I uninstall the Creative drivers?

My system - Win XP pro, service pack 2; Drivers installed - Creative Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni-Pack (English), SBLW-XPWEB-W4-US

Any help would be highly appreciated.

redsolar · Jul 25, 2005, 07:36 PM

Check for entries like "Sound blaster Live" and "Creative ...." to see if you can uninstall it from Control panel. Otherwise, you should be able to use your CD to uninstall them (Remove option).

**Spike** · Jul 26, 2005, 09:05 AM

Bruuss most times when you run setup again, you get the option to uninstall the drivers. See if you can do that.

Bruuss · Jul 26, 2005, 12:09 PM

Thank you for your solutions.
I managed to uninstall the drivers and further to clean all of them with the Cleaner, but finally it turned out to be unnecessary.

Most obviously, the problem was my Soundblaster Live! soundcard, it's model is CT4830. As far as I have understood, it doesn't support 5.1 sound. And the drivers won't help.
Am I right?
Thanks.

ROBSCIX · Aug 29, 2005, 06:13 PM

NO, thats the original soundblaster Live!..it is not a 5.1 model. Only 4 channel. But it still contains a 10KX DSP..so it'll sound pretty good..but you only get Quadrophonic. hope that helps.

Jul 25, 2005, 10:52 AM	#1
Bruuss DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	No uninstall for Creative drivers Hey All, I want to uninstall the incorrectly installed Creative drivers (i installed drivers for Live! that support only 4 speakers, but I need to install for Live! 5.1 to enable 5.1 speakers I have). To proceed correctly with Driver Cleaner, it is said to uninstall the drivers first. However, I don't have any link to uninstall the Creative drivers from. It is not on the Add/Remove menu, nor in the Start Menu in the Creative folder. How should I uninstall the Creative drivers? My system - Win XP pro, service pack 2; Drivers installed - Creative Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni-Pack (English), SBLW-XPWEB-W4-US Any help would be highly appreciated.

Jul 25, 2005, 07:36 PM	#2
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Check for entries like "Sound blaster Live" and "Creative ...." to see if you can uninstall it from Control panel. Otherwise, you should be able to use your CD to uninstall them (Remove option). __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Jul 26, 2005, 09:05 AM	#3
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Bruuss most times when you run setup again, you get the option to uninstall the drivers. See if you can do that. __________________

Jul 26, 2005, 12:09 PM	Thread Starter #4
Bruuss DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thank you for your solutions. I managed to uninstall the drivers and further to clean all of them with the Cleaner, but finally it turned out to be unnecessary. Most obviously, the problem was my Soundblaster Live! soundcard, it's model is CT4830. As far as I have understood, it doesn't support 5.1 sound. And the drivers won't help. Am I right? Thanks.

Aug 29, 2005, 06:13 PM	#5
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	NO, thats the original soundblaster Live!..it is not a 5.1 model. Only 4 channel. But it still contains a 10KX DSP..so it'll sound pretty good..but you only get Quadrophonic. hope that helps.