DSOUND Driver May Cause Games to Hang
  
PSS ID Number: Q105503
Article last modified on 02-05-1998
 

 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Arcade
 - Microsoft Bob versions 1.0, 1.0a
 - Microsoft Encarta for Windows, 1994 edition
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SYMPTOMS
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The applications listed at the top of this article may not run or may stop
responding (hang) when a PC waveform driver called DSOUND is installed.
This driver is installed by many applications, one of which is Talking
Icons by Aristosoft.
 
You may also receive the following error message:
 
   No wave device that can play files in the current format is
   installed.
 
EXAMPLE OF PROBLEM
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When you double-click the program's icon, the hour glass appears,
followed by a buzzing sound and a flash on the screen, and then Windows
fails to open the program group.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The following procedure describes how to remove the DSOUND driver:
 
1. Open Control Panel from the Main group, or by choosing Run from the File
   menu in Program Manager and typing the word "control" (without the
   quotation marks) in the Command Line box.
 
2. In Control Panel, double-click the Drivers icon.
 
3. From the list of Installed Drivers, select the DSOUND driver and then
   choose the Remove button.
 
4. Restart Windows.
 
The DSOUND driver is now removed from the Windows environment.
 
The DSOUND product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this
product's performance or reliability.
 
Aristosoft, Inc. can be reached at:
 
   6920 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 209
   Pleasanton, CA 94566
   (510) 426-5355
 
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Additional reference words: 1.0 lock hang .wav wave form w_bob Compaq ESS
Audio homemm msacm 1.0 2.0 multimedia multi-media
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Platform          : WINDOWS
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