Why is Radio Disney playing in the background ?

[syzygy]

Too wierd to even describe . . . but . . .

Even before the Welcome screen appears, the Radio Disney station begins playing.

I just finished installing Creative X-Fi, and only Creative X-Fi. No Media Station, no
AOL for Desktop #@%$&.

Anyway, short of turning off my speakers there doesn't appear to be any other
way to turn this shyte off. And my system overall, well, it slowed to a crawl. Web
pages flip like sheets in a picture book.

WTF is going on. This is my first experience with Creative. I have the Extreme Gamer
version.

 

[HannibalX]

That is strange.

Do you know for a fact it is related to the Creative software?

Is this on a clean load of the OS?

 

[syzygy]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
That is strange.

Do you know for a fact it is related to the Creative software?

Is this on a clean load of the OS?

this is a new rig. just finished piecing it together.

i installed win xp, the drivers for my cable modem, and then the creative shyte.

scrolling down web pages is like flipping pages real slow. so frustrating.

 

[Captante]

I've installed many a creative soundcard in XP including a bunch of X-Fi's of all the different models & have never had this problem, so I'd say that you either have a defective install CD that is somhow tuning you into an online radio station receiver, or you have some kind of Spyware/virus infection which is doing the same thing.

I suggest you start by uninstalling all creative software & deleting the folders left behind on your HD manually when completed, then try re-installing BUT this time only install the drivers plus the volume control panel & see if that corrects the problem.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: syzygy
Too wierd to even describe . . . but . . .

Even before the Welcome screen appears, the Radio Disney station begins playing.

I just finished installing Creative X-Fi, and only Creative X-Fi. No Media Station, no
AOL for Desktop #@%$&.

Anyway, short of turning off my speakers there doesn't appear to be any other
way to turn this shyte off. And my system overall, well, it slowed to a crawl. Web
pages flip like sheets in a picture book.

WTF is going on. This is my first experience with Creative. I have the Extreme Gamer
version.

Somehow you're picking up/amplifying local RF frequencies -- in this case, an AM radio station. Either your sound card is broken or misconfigured, or your amplifier/speaker setup is acting as an antenna.

I hooked up a video camera recording system for someone a few months ago, and when I turned on the sound -- mexican AM radio. The ~30 foot A/V cables were acting as a big antenna. Hilarious, yet incredibly annoying.

Hideous system performance may indicate that the Creative drivers are not installed properly. Or maybe something is wrong with your motherboard or video drivers.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I agree..

 

[Captante]

Why would he only begin receiving radio signals through his PC speakers after installing the Creative software?

I suppose its possible but somhow it seems unlikely.

 

[oynaz]

Sounds like your sound card might be broken. Try and ask Creative.