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Sound: GP Faults or System Hangs with Third-Party Shells

Article ID: 113781

Article Last Modified on 6/13/2001

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This article was previously published under Q113781

SUMMARY

If you are using third-party shells (instead of using Program Manager), you may receive general protection (GP) faults or system hangs when you install or use the Windows Sound System applications.

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To change the shell, you must edit the SYSTEM.INI file.

  1. From the accessories group start the Notepad application.
  2. From the File menu, choose Open.
  3. In the File Name box, type the following and press ENTER:

    system.ini

  4. Change the SHELL= line to read:

    SHELL=PROGMAN.EXE

If the SHELL= line does not say PROGMAN.EXE, Windows Sound System may not function properly.

Additional query words: 2.00 TSR gpf hang frozen froze err msg error gp

Keywords: KB113781


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