[MichaelSim]

Hi All,
Please do excuse me if the below questions that I had had been answered in other threads.
Do bear with me and thank you for your patience.

I had acquired all the necesary equipments in order to bring my movie watching enojoyment to the next higher level.
However, I had encounterd numerous issue in setting it up for measurement over the weekend.

Equipments used:
Dell Notebook Insprion 1420 (Windows Vista OS)
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit USB External
Model 33-2050 Old Analog RS Meter
BFD Pro DSP1124P
All the necessary cables and connectors.

Having read through all the available documents (Room EQ Wizard Help Contents), I begin my long and tough (but fruitful - yet to taste it) journey......

#1 Encounter (any write up for setting the soundcard based on Windows Vista?)
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Firstly, am I right to use the setup for the SB Live! 24-bits USB external based on Windows XP on my notebook, which is Windows Vista based?
Or is there a write up similar to "SB Live! 24-Bit USB External Setup for XP", which is meant for Vista?

Reason for asking is because:
i) I am not able to: Ensure in the Creative Speaker Settings that the "Digital Output Only" box is not checked.
ii) I am not able to: Open the Creative Surround mixer and check that in the Source panel Wave is not muted, Line-In/Mic-In is muted and that in the Rec source Line In/Mic In is selected.
iii) I am not bale to: Ensure monitoring is off (click the + by the Line In/mic In symbol in the Source panel and ensure Monitor is not checked in the Advanced Controls dialog this pops up.
iv) I am not bale to: In the Creative Device Control program set the Output Audio Quality to 48kHz, 16 bits and ensure you select 48kHz as the sample rate in REW, also make sure Enable Monitoring is not checked).

With my PC (Window XP based), I am able to access the above but not so for my notebook (Window Vista based).
However, while calibrating my soundcard XP based, I am not able to adjust my input voulme to be within -3db of the output volume.

I hope that I have been able to describe the problems that I am facing and the readers is able to understand.
Please help and any input is welcome.

Thanks & Best Regards,