Changes Made to CONFIG.SYS by WSSCNFG.EXE

SUMMARY

Windows Sound System comes with an application called the Windows Sound System MS-DOS Configuration program (WSSCNFG.EXE). This application is run from within Windows to provide Creative Labs Sound Blaster emulation at the MS-DOS level. When you run WSSCNFG.EXE, it will add the following lines to the beginning of your CONFIG.SYS file:

   [MENU]
   menuitem=Default,Default Configuration
   menuitem=SBCompat,Sound Blaster Compatibility

   [SBCompat]
   DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE 512 RAM
   DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE sbio=220 irq=7 dma=1
   DOS=HIGH,UMB
   BUFFERS=20
   FILES=30

   [Default]
				

The rest of the lines from your pre-existing CONFIG.SYS file go here.

The above lines are the default entries for a system running MS-DOS 6.0 or later, or a system running MS-DOS 5.0 or earlier with the addition of a third-party multiconfiguration program called BOOTCON. If the system is running MS-DOS 5.0 or earlier without BOOTCON, the following changes are made.

The following line is added:

   DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE sbio=220 irq=7 dma=1
				

The following line is modified if already present or added if not:

  DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE 512 RAM
				

   sbio=<220 or 240>           Determines which I/O address the
                               emulator should trap

   irq=<7,9,10 or 11>          Determines which interrupt the
                               emulator should check

   dma=<0,1 or 3>              Determines which Direct Memory
                               Access channel the emulator should
                               monitor

   wave=<1-9>                  Controls the volume for digitized
                               sound in the Sound Blaster emulation

   line=<1-9>                  Controls the volume for audio pass-
                               through in the Sound Blaster mode