Hi,
I know how annoying it was to try and find a solution for the whole Vista + Prodikeys PC-Midi combination. There was absolutely nothing on the net that could help me.
I eventually got it working just using the stock drivers that came with the keyboard, so i signed up for a creative forum account just so i can try and shed some light in this forum.
First of all, I right clicked the setup.exe file in install disc, changed the compatiblity mode to Windows XP SP2, then clicked OK to close the dialogue box. Interestingly, the compatibility settings are retained despite being on a Read Only Medium, so you dont' have to worry about extracting the contents of the disc.
I then ran it as an Administrator (by right clicking again), although I don't think that this step was actually necassary. The screen will go black temporarily, then disable your "aero" theme, if you have it enabled. I'm assuming this is a Windows XP "emulation" compatibility feature.
After you have finished installing it, restart as prompted.
Again, i don't think that it was necassary, but I'll just cover every single step I took.
Once again, my prodikeys keyboard is fully functional, including all the addon software.
If anyone needs to have the files, i could upload an image of the install disc, however I'm not sure if that violates any copywrite laws.
I don't seem to be having the aforementioned Lag problems.. however I also have an Audigy sound card that is "somewhat" compatible with vista. (beta drivers)
If I can recall, Vista has done away with direct sound, so all of our old cards (eg the trusty SBLive 5.1's) no longer have full audio acceleration.
Also, onboard audio in general is usually.. bad. To say the least. (relative to a decent addon PCI/External card)
Everything I've said here is just knowledge that I have off the top of my head, and from experience. So if anything I have said is incorrect, please don't persecute me too much. I'm just trying to help the handful of troubled people out there get their keyboards working until Creative release proper vista drivers. Apparently they are meant to be out in 2007. It is now June 2007. We have reached the halfway point of the year, so I'd say that they will be releasing something hopefully within the next month.
Please give some feedback if you have success with this, as I have only tried this on 1 system, and can't really substantiate it's reliability. I also won't be held responsible for any damage that you may cause to your system as a result of following my instruction. Although, you really shouldn't be able to do any damage. Vista automatically creates a restore point before you install any device, so if something does go wrong, just do a roll back to just before the installtion.
