The Windows driver software should contain a tool to configure the card and enable the game port. What driver package did you install?

Oh, where would that tool be located? I used the drivers from Phil's Computer Lab, and it seems to only install the drivers and the com tool/ini/sys in the root directory.

Afaik, it's installed to the systray. But it's quite some time since I used a Solo-1.

I ran into the exact same problem. There is no way to activate the gameport. The driver does DISABLE it on start before Win95 is loaded. Changing the essolo.ini, changing the essolo.sys/com does not help. I can't figure out what the problem is. Installing a gameport manual in win95 does not work, it installs but it's not working.

I do have an older Win95-diver. This one installs the gameport just fine, BUT even if all drivers are installed (win-vxd and dos-emulation and joystick), there is NO sound in dos-window/fullscreen and in windows the sound stutters or even stops while playing (e.g. jediknight).

it's frustrating!

perhaps I can find a config-tool you mentioned above...perhaps I have overlooked it....

there is no tool that you can use to configure the card, it's the wrong driver.
using that one and everything is OK.