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

Article ID: 190913

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q190913

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 kbprb kbsetup kbsound KB190913