Helpful, but just the word "install" can be enough to set off my alarms. I can take out a hard drive and replace it, boot from my backup and be right back where I was with a lot more space to play, but "install" in a Windows machine causes red flags to pop up all over my little luddite brain. Glad it worked out for you and I can certainly understand the appeal of having everything you need in the box instead of on the desktop.
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That's just voluntary closing of the mind.
Both Creative and Asus soundcards do have to be installed properly to work as they should, and anyone can do that as long as that person is careful. And FYI, using drivers other than the stock ones that come with the OS (like the ones that are used by external DACs with no drivers) bypass issues and allow a greater control granularity. And like SennheiserHD said, the install only needs to be done once, so if doing a single install raises red flags, than that's kind of your issue, not anything faulty or wrong with the setting up the hardware.
