Break open an EXE file?

Break open an EXE file? I have a sony Vaio and I have downloaded the sound driver for it. The driver claims it is being installed on a computer its not compatible with, and crashes. I know that it is wrong. I assume the driver files live inside the EXE, so I could just install them manually through the device manager if I could get the files out.
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Guest [Entry]

Depends on the installer system used to package it. Universal Extractor can extract files from most common installer packages (Installshield, NSIS, Wise, among many others), although if you're on Vista or Windows 7 you may want to try installing the driver in compatibility mode.

Guest [Entry]

"If you use Total Commander, hitting Ctrl + Page Down will show you the contents of the archive if the executable actually is an archive. It will be treated like a normal zip archive.

There's also a plugin for Total Commander called InstallExplorer used to view msi files as any regular archive."