nope. soundblaster is doing the same damned thing with no further drivers installed.

it's a windows problem. i knew it was a windows problem from the start. and i can fix it for a bit, but it never sticks.

i need to get groceries. but, i'm going to have to start breaking some stuff when i wake up. it's gotta be installing broken.

it may be that i have to break everything immediately and then install it all on top of that.