Windows 2000 and Windows XP provide their own certified drivers for some EMU10kX-based audio cards. Our kX Audio Driver has not been certified by Microsoft (WHQL-ed) and thus a special installation procedure might be required. It is recommended that you first try running kXSetup, and if that fails, follow our Windows XP installation guide.

The kX Mixer and kX Setup are statically linked to certain Windows DLLs, which may or may not be found on every system. You can download the required files from the kX Download page if they are not present on your system.

Use the default plug and play the Windows operating system installs. Not all CTX models will have specific drivers for these operating systems. Check the CTX driver list for your model at www.ctxtec.com.

Windows ME, Windows 2000,and Windows XP officially support USB device, Users do not need to install drivers in these OS.

Basic Windows Mixer functionality is provided, although the audio mixer (kX Mixer) included with the driver package allows access to many more features. The Windows mixer allows Master, Wave and Synth Playback and Record levels to be controlled. A Line-in slider has also been added for compatibilty with TV-card software.

Choose type of hardware. midiLink is to be installed as "Sound, Video and Game controllers". NOTE: No settings are needed for this driver. The driver will search all your serial ports for the midiLink MIDI interface.

Definitely go for Windows XP for the simple reason that it is designed for both the business & consumer thus is more adept at games playing.

Yes, the kX Driver is FREE and will remain FREE. However, you can support the development effort by donating to the kX Fund.

Currently, kX-compatible soundcards include all EMU10k1 and EMU10k2-based PC soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Systems Inc., including: The Live! X-Gamer, Live! MP3+, Live! Player 1024, Live! Platinum cards (CT4760) and value cards (CT4780) The Live! X-Gamer 5.1, Live! MP3+ 5.1, Live! Player 5.1, Live! Platinum 5.1, Live! Digital Entertainment 5.1 cards (SB0060, SB0100, SB0102, SB0220, SB0222, SB0103 and SB0105) and Value 5.

Yes, your soundcard will continue to function as a SoundFont-compatible device under the kX driver. SoundFonts can be loaded and unloaded via SoundFont-aware applications, or via the kX Mixer's SoundFont control page. Currently only SF2 files are supported, however SF1 (SBK) files can be converted to SF2 files using a freely available utility.

The kX Forums have been set up to allow users to ask questions and exchange helpful tips and information with each other. kX developers and collaborators will sometimes drop in to answer questions, but on a limited basis (mainly due to time constraints :-P). Note that the kX Project email address should be used for Bug Reports and suggestions only - support questions will be referred to the kX Forums.

Many advanced Windows operating systems have a security feature that, when invoked, will not allow users to install programs unless they have local Administrative Privileges. If you receive a message to this effect when trying to install AMDTreat you must contact your system administrator for assistance in installing the program. Technical assistance is available to system administrators from the AMDTreat Contact page. (This problem was first reported by personnel at Pennsylvania DEP.)

Windows 2000/XP already has the driver for the BT878 chip, however it is not for e-Lar's Video capture card (although it also uses BT878 chip). If you have installed the card's audio and video driver, but the e-Lar can not work. It means that the capture card driver is not properly installed. Please follow the below steps to update driver.

Yes. The CyanIDE installation copies device drivers for the eICE debug port to the system directories, and also sets up the PATH and environment variables. These actions will fail unless you have Administrator privileges on the machine when installing the package.

Vocabulary can be installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP only if you are a user with administrative rights. Otherwise the installation will not start (error: WinXP->"Error installing iKernel.exe (0xa00); Win2000->"Setup failed to launch installation engine, class not registered). If you don't have an administrative rights (this is frequent in companies), you must ask an administrator or some of the users with an administrative rights, to install Vocabulary 2.1.

The Printers and Faxes window should open, on the left side there should be an Add a Printer button under Printer Tasks. Click on Add a Printer Click "Browse for a printer", unless you know the computer name(or IP address) of the printer, and the exact printer name. Or the printer is at a location that can be connected to through the internet.

To configure your Windows 2000 and XP pc to automatically download and install updates automatically, follow the steps in the windows updates document.

Go to Macromedia.com and download the latest version of Shockwave. (Note: If you are at work, your employer may have strict rules governing the installation of software on company PCs; be sure to check with your help desk before attempting to download and install any software). If you are using Internet Explorer, click the "Install Now" button and follow the prompts; the installation will occur automatically. If you are using Netscape click "Download Now".

First download the video driver b63vga-w2k.zip. Unzip the file into a temporary directory. Do not run setup.exe. We need to manually install the video driver.

Just one according to the Microsoft EULA (End User License Agreement) and the pricing policy on the Microsoft website. This applies to both the Retail and OEM versions. Additional licenses can be purchased at a discounted price through Microsoft or a Microsoft retailer.