Sound Continues After Exiting Windows with Sound Blaster

ID: Q89869

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

If more than one version of the Sound Blaster Pro virtual device driver is listed in the SYSTEM.INI file's [386ENH] section, the sound card may continue to play the System Exit sound in MS-DOS after you have exited Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro is an audio card capable of playing both wave and MIDI files. In the more recent release of the Soundblaster Pro, the filename for the virtual device driver has been changed. When the old line in the SYSTEM.INI file for the virtual device driver is not removed during the installation of the new driver, two or more virtual device drivers are loaded.

This causes the sound card to continue to play the System Exit sound even after Windows is no longer running. It may be necessary to restart the computer to stop the sound. Check the SYSTEM.INI file's [386ENH] section for the following entries:


   DEVICE=VSBD.386
   DEVICE=VADLIBD.386
   DEVICE=VSBPD.386

RESOLUTION

If one or both of the first two device lines are present, remove the first lines, leaving only:


     DEVICE=VSBPD.386

Sound Blaster Pro is manufactured by Creative Labs, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 3rdparty soundblaster

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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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