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First post, by Jay

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Hey, I'm hoping you can help me out with a problem I've encountered running VDMSound in DOS 6.22. Running dosdrv.exe or vdmsrun.bat causes a system hang after the line "Loading 'VDDLoader.dll'...". The cursor continues to blink on the following line but doesn't respond to keyboard input.

I'm running an Athlon XP1900+ on an Epox 8KHA+, with 512MB DDR@2100, Geforce 2 TI 64MB, SB Live Value, DOS 6.22. My startup files call MSCDEX for a Creative 16x DVD loaded as a simple CD Drive, load smartdrv and a mouse driver called CuteMouse.

This may be a problem already addressed somewhere else on the boards or in the help files, but I haven't had any luck in finding it. Any comments are appreciated.

Thanks,
Jay

Reply 1 of 1, by DosFreak

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Are you asking why DOSDRV.EXE does not work in DOS? If so then this is because VDMSound is for Windows 9x (the ALPHA ver) and for Windows NT4/2K/XP. This program is a sound card emulator that passes the sound information to your sound card drivers. To use a sound card emulator under DOS the program must first actually support DOS (Which VDMSound does not) and the program must also have a driver interface to the sound card hardware.

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