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Q89875: Changes Made to SYSTEM.INI File During Sound System Setup 1.0

Article: Q89875
Product(s): Miscellaneous Windows Products
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Last Modified: 19-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Sound System, versions 1.0, 1.0a 
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SUMMARY
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The Windows Sound System Setup program makes the following changes to the
SYSTEM.INI file located in the Windows directory:

- The following line is added to the [386Enh] section:

  Device=VSNDSYS.386

- The following lines are added to the [drivers] section:

  wave=SNDSYS.DRV aux=SNDSYS.DRV midi=SNDSYS.DRV WaveMapper=MSACM.DRV

- The following line is added to the [mciseq.drv] section:

  disablewarning=true

- The following section is added:

  [SNDSYS.DRV] DmaBufferSize=32 EnableAutoAcquireOPL3=1 DMADAC=0 DMAADC=0
  Interrupt=11 IOAddress=530

- The [386Enh] section is moved to the end of the file.

- Lines that are commented out in the [386Enh] section (lines that have a
  semicolon [;] in front of them) are reproduced, and the entire set of
  commented out lines is placed at the beginning of the [386Enh] section.

Additional query words:

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Technology        : kbWinSoundSysSearch kbWinSoundSys100 kbWinSoundSys100a

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