I'm suspicious of Catalyst... try uninstalling Catalyst and then manually uninstall your video card completely (via device manager), reboot. Surf over to ATI's driver page and download the Driver Only (no Catalyst). Let me know if this solves the problem. I've had interesting "issues" with...

If you run the game from the launcher, just select "Game Options" to enter setup. There is a checkbox on the left that says something like "Play game in a window rather than fullscreen". UNCHECK this box. For KQ1 and 2 VGA you can access setup from the launcher or by running &quo...

Well, after extensive investigation I have made some more discoveries. If I uninstall the Audigy drivers and reinstall them from the original CD then the DirectSound test is fine and the game plays perfectly with great sound, no static or crackle. Upon updating the driver the problem reoccurs. I hav...

Apparently it's an Audigy 1 SE. I thought it was an Audigy 2. I have tried to install DirectX 10 from the link above, however it would only install 9c again. DirectX 10 is for Vista. There is a "hacked" installer out there that I found that will install 10 on an XP machine, however they wa...

I have installed the drivers found here: http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?DriverLang=1033&searchString=SB0570&x=9&y=15 As you can see in the description they are listed as drivers for "Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Live! 24 bit" SB0570 is the model o...

Ok, this may sound a bit odd, but bear with me. I started poking around and noticed that in "Sounds and Audio Devices" from control panel, if I went to the "Audio" tab the only devices shown was "Modem Line (Emulated)" or something to that degree. I had no option for my...

I have DirectX 9.0c installed

I'm having trouble getting the sound to function in both KQ1 and KQ2 VGA. I have downloaded the sound and music packages for both games and have installed them. In both games, I have selected the following sound options: Digital Sound: Default DirectSound Device MIDI Music: Default MCI Music Device ...