Install the card but to install the driver leaves a message saying the driver is not supported I have windows vista sp1

Your PC requires a more recent soundcard device driver that is compatible with Windows Vista.

You can download the required driver here-

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/desktop/aspire_t180.html#driver

Please be aware that there is a different driver for Microsoft vista sp1 and above as opposed to Microsoft Vista. SP means service Pack which is a combination of updates supplied by Microsoft to make your operating system more reliable, secure etc.

If you do not know whether you have SP 1 installed, click on the start menu, right click on the computer and click on properties. Your Windows operating system is now described in the top of the window. It will say something like Microsoft Vista or Microsoft Vista SP1.

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HERE is the download location.

Release date : 2 Jul 09 This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows Vista® support for Creative Sound Blaster® Live!® and Audigy® series of audio devices

File Name : SB24_PCDRV_LB_1_04_0090.exe This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows Vista® support for Creative Sound Blaster® Live!® and Audigy® series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
This download supports the following audio devices only:

• Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
• Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS
• Sound Blaster 5.1 VX

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Vista 32-bit with SP1
• Sound Blaster audio devices listed above

Notes:

• This driver is only for the Creative Sound Blaster audio device listed above.
  DO NOT install this driver for other Sound Blaster audio devices.
• To install this driver
  1. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Close all other Windows applications.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

This Will work in most Cases
Download the Drivers for Vista 64 Bit from
www.belkin.com/support

Step 1 : Right Click on the EXE File and Click properties

Step 2 : Click on the Compatibility tab

Step 3 : Select run this program in compatibility mode for Windows Vista SP1

Step 4 : Click Apply

Now try installing the Drivers

have you vista supported driver ifyou are not it is the driver only 32 bit windows not for 64 bit

I don't know why this wouldn't work on Vista HP, but this excerpt from the manual suggests that your XP SP1 Pro would not work without the SP2 rollup:

"Please perform the following upgrades before connecting the camera to a computer.
-Upgrade Windows XP to SP2.
Install Windows XP SP2.
-Install Windows Messenger 5.0 or later version.
Download Windows Messenger 5.0 or later version, and install it.
-If using MSN Messenger, please install MSN Messenger 7.0 or later
version."

Perhaps if you are following the steps exactly in the manual and it still does not work, upgrading Messenger will magically help.

Right, let's start from scratch. Open your Device Manager, locate the audio card, and uninstall the driver. Leave Device Manager open.

You should be running Vista, but you also need to know if you are running Service Pack 1, as Vista and Vista SP1 need different drivers, so does the the 64bit.

The drivers can be found here: http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_4720.html

Once you've downloaded the driver, unzip it and run the setup. If there is no setup.exe, then go back to Device Manager, click "Scan for hardware changes" and it should automatically find the driver.

http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/Drivers/AVP/10003/0x39A4F4C3/USBVS_PCDRV_LB_1_00_0060.exe

Try that link

Driver for :
OS: Windows XP,Windows NT SP3,Windows NT SP1,Windows 3.11,Windows 2000 SP3,Windows 2000 SP4,Windows 95,Windows NT SP2,Windows ME,DOS,Windows 98 SE,Windows NT,Windows 98,Windows 2000 SP1

Good luck

Click here to download the Driver

Click here to download the Driver Update

Steps to fix the error message while the installation

I guess you need to uninstall the SP1 for vista. It might have some bugs on it .You can do windows update to dwonload the lastest patches.

you shouldn't have installed vista service pack 1
its a known issue with vista service pack 1
if u had vista before and u updated it to sp1...i would suggest you to either do a system restore and uninstall sp1
or install XP back