Err Msg: Error CTSOUND1008: Invalid "/BLASTER=A:xxx" Argument (190171)

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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

-and/or-

Error: DIGN8002 The BLASTER environment settings are invalid

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.

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