Microsoft KB Archive/85659

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Removing Unnecessary Sound Drivers in Windows 3.1

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Q85659

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
You can reduce the amount of disk space used by Windows by removing unnecessary sound drivers.

MORE INFORMATION
To remove unnecessary sound drivers:

 Open Control Panel. Select the Drivers icon. In the Installed Drivers box, select the driver(s) that are not being used. (Note: You cannot select multiple drivers for removal at the same time.)  Choose the Remove button.

A dialog box will appear with the following message: "This driver is required by the system. If you remove it, your system may not work properly. Are you sure you want to remove it?" This message will appear even though the system may not have any sound device installed. It will not affect the operation of the system to remove these drivers if the system has no sound device installed. However, this process does not delete the corresponding file from the hard drive. You must use File Manager or MS-DOS to delete the file from the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. 

The following are the sound driver files included with Windows 3.1:

Description                     Driver File ---                     ---

Ad Lib                          MSADLIB.DRV Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.0 SNDBLST.DRV Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.5 SNDBLST2.DRV Media Vision Thunder Board      SNDBLST2.DRV Midi Mapper                     MIDIMAP.DRV Roland LAPCI                    MPU401.DRV Roland MPU_401                  MPU401.DRV Timer                           TIMER.DRV [MCI] CD Audio                  MCICDA.DRV [MCI] MIDI Sequencer            MCISEQ.DRV [MCI] Sound                     MCIWAVE.DRV Additional query words: 3.10

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311