I'm trying to get Soundblaster emulation working on a Wyse Vx0 thin client under Windows 95. I've thus far managed to get all the other hardware working properly, and also have sound working using some very old VXD drivers (but it only works for Windows sound, I get no sound or music in any DOS games launched from Windows 95). In Windows 98, Soundblaster emulation works fine using later WDM drivers, but I can't get those WDM drivers working under 95. There are some older WDM drivers that appear to install properly under 95 (it shows up without errors in the device manager), but there is no audio whatsoever, and in the Multimedia section of the control panel, it shows no available playback device.

From doing some research, my understanding is that you can get soundblaster emulation to work under Windows with VXD drivers for some different sound cards, but in those instances, a separate Soundblaster emulation device will show up in your device manager. With the VXD drivers I'm using, there is no such device.

So am I out of luck? Or is there some way to either get WDM drivers working or possibly a soundblaster emulation device with VXD drivers? I am using Windows 95 OSR 2.5, btw.