Hi, thanks a bunch! :D

Yup, I found it, and interestingly, once the creative volume control thingy crashes, if I go and start it up again (from the location I found with that utility), it works perfectly fine...

Anyhoo, I guess I have to find out how to stop it being a startup item... ... ... why oh why does microsoft copy silly things off apple and yet not usefull things such as the Mac's way of controlling startup items? :| Bah!

Anyhoo, thanks again! :)