


So an old driver package has to be installed to get the SoundBlaster control panel, but uninstall just the driver itself from Programs is no go, it removes everything, the driver AND the control panel, so to uninstall just the old driver could be sketchy leaving stuff behind anyways, no matter how many third party stuff are used. w/o SB Control Panel, the default is 5.1 and cannot be changed in Windows Audio Panel at all. If it is installed on a fresh system, from scratch, there is no SoundBlaster Control panel.
