Microsoft KB Archive/190171

= Err Msg: Error CTSOUND1008: Invalid "/BLASTER=A:xxx" Argument =

Article ID: 190171

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190171



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SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade Microsoft Windows 3.x to Windows 98 on a computer with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 sound card installed, you may receive the following error messages when your computer starts:

Driver Unit Number = 0

Error CTSOUND1008: Invalid "/BLASTER=A:xxx" argument

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Error: DIGN8002 The BLASTER environment settings are invalid



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if Plug and Play configuration drivers for the Sound Blaster 16 sound card are being loaded from the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type Sysedit in the Open box, and then click OK.  On the Windows menu, click Autoexec.bat, locate the line that loads the Sound Blaster driver, and then type rem followed by a space at the beginning of the line. For example, the line in your Autoexec.bat file may be similar to the following line: c:\vibra16\diagnose /s /w=c:\windows   On the Windows menu, click Config.sys, locate the line that loads the Sound Blaster driver, type rem, followed by a space at the beginning of the line. For example, the line in your Config.sys file may be similar to the following line: device=c:\vibra16\drv\vibra16.sys /unit=0 /blaster=a:220 i:10 d:3 h:7  On the File menu, click Exit. Click Yes when you are prompted to save the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. Restart your computer.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this behavior is not caused by a problem in Windows 98, but may be caused by design changes in Windows 98. For more information about resolving this issue, contact the program's manufacturer.

Additional query words: HWSNDEM sb16

Keywords: kberrmsg kbhardware kbprb KB190171

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