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[shaunywhite]

i have soundblaster which came with pc but when i go to dos programs
i get a message that the digatal sound is in use.
also can you tell me how to print out a wri file

[tjaymadison]

The easy one first -- double-clicking on the .wri file should open it in WordPad. From the File Menu, select Print. If that doesn't work, open WordPad on your own, select File > Open, browse to the file, and double-click it.

Need a bit more info about the other. Which OS? Sound integrated on motherboard or separate card? Any other cards in system (modem, NIC's etc.)? How do you "go to DOS programs" -- restart in MS-DOS mode, select MS-DOS Prompt from Programs menu, or Start > Run? Try Start > Settings > Control Panel. Double-click System, click the Device Manager tab, click the + in front of Sound, video and game controllers, then double-click on your sound card. The status box should say "This device is working properly" and also be sure there's a check in the box for "Exists in all hardware profiles". If this all checks out OK, a listing of your Autoexec.bat file may point the way. Hard to tell now. Could be IRQ confict, you might need a .pif file, yada yada yada. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[shaunywhite]

i've restated in dos mode and i've gone to the dos prompt from windows and
still get
the same error message.the sound card came on the mother board.i don't know
what else to tell you since i am new to pc's i have played around with it
but have
not been able to solve the problem.do you think i need to re-install windows
98
again? also the document i am trying read with word pad says the program is to
large and i do not have word

[tjaymadison]

Hmmm. Kind of surprising. I don't know of any program other whan WordPad that creates .wri files, so I'm not sure why you're getting a "file too large" message. If you have some other kind of word processor, try this. Copy the .wri file to another folder for safe-keeping, then rename the first one to .rtf -- Rich Text Format. Most mainstream WP's should be able to open that kind of file. If that doesn't work, then rename it to .txt but you will lose any special formatting like bold, italics, tabs, etc.

Have you ever been able to get sound in DOS before, or is this a recent problem? Did you try the procedure I posted before, and get the "... working properly" message? If you post the contents of your Autoexec.bat file, maybe someone can spot a conflict there.

[bassvax]

Have you checked the Device Manager SB 16 Emulation configuration? I have the SB Live 5.1 and there are several settings concerning SB Port, MPU 401 Port, Adlib port, IRQ, 8 bit DMA, and 16 bit DMA. I can give you my settings if you think it will help. I believe this is the DOS Emulation setup. These settings were found in the Creative Miscellaneous Devices area as opposed to the Sound, etc.

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Jerry

[This message has been edited by bassvax (edited 03-06-2001).]

[BigBlue66]

Hi Shauny,

I think Wordpad is indeed limited as to the size of the file it will accomodate.

You might try printing the file from an MS-DOS prompt. Cruise to the directory that has the file you want to print in it. Let's set up an example. Suppose the file you want to print is in C:\Windows\Wordpad and the name of the file is list.wri, and your printer is hooked up on the parallel port labeled LPT1. That port is sometimes referred to as PRN. If the printer is hooked up to, say, LPT2, then substitute LPT2 for PRN in the following example.

At the DOS prompt, type the following:

Print /D:PRN c:\windows\wordpad\list.wri

This should allow it to print, however, I am not going to guarantee that it will print exactly. In other words, if it's formatted a certain way with a particular style, columns, etc., it may not print that way. This is just a way of getting the file to actually print so you can see what it says.

If you plan to use large files like this in the future, you might consider getting a word processing program, such as MS Word.

Cheers, and Good Luck,

Big Blue 66