Dialog Box Containing No Text Appears When Windows 98 Starts
Article ID: 191604
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q191604
SYMPTOMS
When you start Windows 98, a dialog box containing no text may appear.
CAUSE
This issue can occur if you use a Compaq Presario computer, and the
following lines are present in the [Drivers] section of the System.ini
file:
wave1=<path>\tamaudio.drv
mixer1=<path>\tamaudio.drv
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, edit the System.ini file and disable the line
that refers to the audio drivers. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, type system.ini,
and then click OK.
- Press F3, type tamaudio, and then press
ENTER.
- Place a semicolon (;) at the beginning of each line that contains
the tamaudio.drv text.
- On the File menu, click Save, and then click Exit on the File menu.
- Restart your computer.
MORE INFORMATION
Unimodem V is used in conjunction with phone messaging tools designed
for VoiceView modems. The Tamaudio.drv file is a part of Unimodem V for
Windows 95.
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