Windows Err Msg: I/O Address Cannot Be Found in SYSTEM.INI

ID: Q85748

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 3.1

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you start Control Panel:

I/O address cannot be found in SYSTEM.INI

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the SoundBlaster Mixer icon from Multimedia Extensions version 1.0 is present in Control Panel.

MORE INFORMATION

This icon is an audio-mixing board for the Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro sound cards.

To determine if the icon is from version 1.0 of the Multimedia Extensions, do the following:

At a MS-DOS command prompt, type:
cd\windows\system

Type:
dir sbpmixer.cpl

If the directory shows the following, you have Multimedia Extensions version 1.0:
```
     SBPMIXER  CPL   25504      10/17/91 
```

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

Update the SoundBlaster drivers.

-or-

Remove the SBPMIXER.CPL file from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

The updated SoundBlaster Drivers are available from Creative Labs.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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