I finally got my copy of Windows Vista (Business) and installed it last night. The “wow” lasted for about five seconds until I had to grapple with Creative’s lack of Live! 5.1 drivers. Unfortunately, they will never ever be produced. So I’ll have to upgrade my sound card.

I tried the kX drivers at first, but the version downloadable from the site didn’t work correctly with Vista (it sort of does, just the Mixer didn’t work). I then tried the modded drivers and they didn’t work at all. I then took out the sound card and tried the onboard sound. No luck with any of the drivers I downloaded (from Gigabyte, Intel or Realtek). I then found newer kX drivers on the forums (Version M), so I put back in my sound card and tried those. It works, not perfectly (full Vista support will be in 3539, not 3538), but it’ll do.

I think I might just upgrade to an Audigy card, as my current card is getting on and I’m hearing pops and clicks every so often.

So now starts my Vista.