please be more precise. Did you follow the win3.x guide (including the little section on installing the drivers) at Windows 3.1x DOSBox Guide ? Are you running Windows 3.x on a disk image?
Can you post a screenshot of the error? (Dosbox' screenshot function works even if you run Windows 3.x on it)

I deleted windows and reinstalled. I found a new driver on a different website and installed it. Worked like a charm. Incredibly stupid on my part. Thanks for the reply though dominus.

well , where do you downloaded? drivers are not illegal right?

lightmaster wrote:

drivers are not illegal right?

Grey area I would say.

I suspect, that if you own the hardware then you are usually given the right to download updated drivers. But do you really own an SoundBlaster card if all you have is the emulated SB in DOSBox?

Edit: In fact, let us take a look at the license that I have to agree to before downloading the SoundBlaster 16 driver software from Creative:

CREATIVE END-USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (for Web Software) Version 2.9, September 2006 […]
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CREATIVE END-USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (for Web Software)
Version 2.9, September 2006

Grant of License

(...)

Creative grants to you the right to use all or a portion of this Software provided that

(a) the Software is not distributed for profit;
(b) the Software is used only in conjunction with Creative's family of products;
(c) the Software may NOT be modified; and
(d) all copyright notices are maintained on the Software.

Doesn't get more clear than that.

I deleted windows and reinstalled. I found a new driver on a different website and installed it. Worked like a charm. Incredibly stupid on my part. Thanks for the reply though dominus.

Best use ONLY the driver linked to from the guide. That one works for sure 😀