Windows-Based Games May Not Play Background Music in Windows 98

• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade to Windows 98, you may notice that some games do not play background music, but do play the sound effects.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

• Click Start, click Run, type sysedit in the Open box, and then click OK.



• On the Window menu, click System.ini.



• In the [Driver] section, locate the following lines:

  
        midi1=sxgb.drv
        wave1=sxgb.drv
     




• Place a semicolon (;) at the beginning of both lines.



• On the File menu, click Save, and then click Exit on the File menu.



• Restart your computer.

Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbenv kbsetup kbsound win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: February 14, 1999