Windows XP communicates with the hardware in your computer through device drivers, computer programs that act as middle-men between the operating system and the motherboard and its connected ...

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I am not very technical. I have an Audigy2 ZS sound card and a 5.1 speaker system. When I change between "Desktop Stereo Speakers" and "5.1 surround sound speakers" the only difference I can detect is ...