Emulated Sound Card in DirectX Diagnostics

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Why is my soundcard emulated? How do I fix this? It is
driving me absolutely crazy.... The following is an exerpt
from my DxDiag.TXT:

Sound Devices
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Description: Creative SB Audigy LS (emulated)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID:
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0007&SUBSYS_10021102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: Emulated
Driver Name:
Driver Version:
Driver Attributes:
WHQL Logo'd:
Date and Size:
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x2F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 100000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run