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Jul 10, 2016 VMWARE Sound fix for Windows 95 / 98 / ME. The first thing to do is to shut the virtual machine down. Open up the folder where the virtual machine is stored. Right click the Virtual Machine and click 'Show package contents'. Within this folder will be a file called.vmx - right click this file and edit it with a text editor.
VMware Workstation provides a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 compatible audio device and supports sound in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows .NET Server and Linux guest operating systems. The VMware Workstation sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled with the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor). Sound support is currently limited to PCM (pulse code modulation) output (that is, any application that produces sound without using MIDI).
- Be sure your physical sound card is installed and configured properly on the Windows host operating system. Refer to the documentation for your particular Windows operating system. You may need to install additional software on your system to support sound. VMware cannot provide support assistance in configuring sound on your host operating system. Please contact your host operating system support provider or sound card manufacturer for help.
- Add a virtual sound adapter to the virtual machine. By default, the virtual sound adapter is not installed in the virtual machine.
- In the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor), click Add. The Add Hardware Wizard appears.
- Select Sound Adapter, then click Next. If you have more than one physical sound adapter in your host computer, you can choose which one to connect to the virtual sound adapter. You can also choose whether the virtual sound adapter should be connected when the virtual machine starts.
- Click Finish.
- Click OK to close the Configuration Editor.
- Configure the guest operating system to use the VMware Workstation virtual sound adapter. This adapter is compatible with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16.
- Be sure your physical sound card is installed and configured properly on the Linux host operating system. Refer to the documentation for your particular Linux operating system. You may need to install additional software on your system to support sound. VMware cannot provide support assistance in configuring sound on your host operating system. Please contact your host operating system support provider or sound card manufacturer for help.
- Add a virtual sound adapter to the virtual machine. By default, the virtual sound adapter is not installed in the virtual machine.
- In the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor), click Sound.
- Provide the device name in the Device field. Type in or browse to the device that represents your sound card (for example, /dev/dsp).
- Click the Install button, then click OK to save the configuration and close the Configuration Editor.
Use your guest operating system's configuration tools to set up the virtual sound adapter.
- Click the Printers and Other Hardware link in the Windows XP or Windows .NET Server Control Panel (Start > Control Panel).
- In the See Also pane, click Add Hardware, then click Next.
- Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware, then click Next.
- In the Installed Hardware list, select Add a new hardware device, then click Next.
- Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), then click Next.
- Select Sound, video and game controllers, then click Next.
- Select Creative Technology Ltd. in the Manufacturer list and Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or compatible (WDM) in the list of devices, then click Next.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish.
- Double-click the Add/Remove Hardware icon in the Windows 2000 Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel).
- In the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box, select Add a New Device and click Next.
- In the Find New Hardware dialog box, select No, I want to select the hardware from a list and click Next.
- In the Hardware Type dialog box, select Sound, video and game controllers from the list and click Next.
- In the Select a Device Driver dialog box, select Creative from the manufacturers list and select Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or compatible (WDM) from the models list, then click Next.
- In the Start Hardware Installation dialog box, click Next to install the Sound Blaster 16 drivers.
- In the Completing the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box, click Finish and reboot the virtual machine. Sound should be working the next time the virtual machine boots Windows 2000.
If you have never installed a Sound Blaster 16 Card in this Windows NT system, you need a Windows NT 4.0 installation CD-ROM.
- Go to the Windows NT Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel).
- Double-click the Multimedia icon.
- Click the Devices tab.
- Click the Add button.
- Select the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.X, Pro, 16, then click OK.
- Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive when prompted.
- Specify D:I386 (where D: is your CD-ROM drive), then click OK.
- Configure the Sound Blaster base I/O Address.0x220Click OK.
- Complete the Sound Blaster 16 Configuration. 8-bit DMAMPU-401 I/O address1Disable (MPU-401 MIDI device is not supported)Click OK.
- When prompted to restart, click Restart Now.
If you have never installed a Sound Blaster 16 Card in this Windows guest operating system, you need a Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation CD-ROM.
- Double-click the Add New Hardware icon in the Windows Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel). Click Next.
- Select Yes for Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?Click Next.
- Click Next again. Windows runs the autodetection and says it is ready to finish.
- If prompted to do so, insert the Windows CD-ROM into the drive and click OK. Click Finish.
If you have problems with Windows autodetection, add the device manually.
- Double-click the Add New Hardware icon in the Windows Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel). Click Next.
- Select No for Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?Click Next.
- Select Sound, video and games controllers. Click Next.
- Select Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or AWE-32. Click Next.Click Finish.
- Refer to the documentation for your particular Linux distribution. You may need to install additional software packages on your system to support sound.
- When configuring the sound, please use the following parameters:IRQ16-bit DMA57
Sound support is provided for Sound Blaster compatible PCM (pulse code modulation) output. This gives you the ability to play .wav, .au and Real Audio formats, among others.
MIDI sound is not supported.
Game ports and devices such as joysticks attached to game ports are not supported.
Sound does not work well with certain games, especially fast, interactive games.
If you notice that sound skips in your guest operating system, you may try adding two variables to your virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx on Windows hosts, .cfg on Linux hosts). These variables are sound.maxLength and sound.smallBlockSize.
VMware cannot provide you with specific settings to use; how these settings affect your sound quality depends on many factors, including your environment and the way you are employing sound. But here are some general rules of thumb to use when setting these variables:
- Set these values to powers of 2, such as 64, 128 or 512.
- To overcome skipping, setting these values lower than 512 should help.
- The sound.maxLength setting should be greater than or equal to the sound.smallBlockSize setting.
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You can install Windows 98 in a virtual machine using the standard Windows 98 CD.
Note: Some Microsoft Windows 98 OEM disks included with new computers are customized for those computers and include device drivers and other utilities specific to the hardware system. Even if you can install this Windows 98 operating system on your actual computer, you may not be able to install it in a VMware Workstation virtual machine. You may need to purchase a new copy of Windows to install in a virtual machine.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created a new virtual machine and configured it using the VMware Workstation New Virtual Machine Wizard (on Windows hosts) or Configuration Wizard (on Linux hosts).
- Use the VMware Workstation Configuration Editor to verify the virtual machine's devices are set up as you expect before starting the installation. For example, if you would like the Windows 98 setup program to install a sound driver, be sure that sound is enabled in the virtual machine's configuration. VMware also recommends that you disable the screen saver on the host system before starting the installation process.
- Insert the Windows 98 CD in the CD-ROM drive.
- Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 98.
- Choose to boot from CD-ROM, then select the Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM option. The setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
- Once again, choose to boot from CD-ROM, then select the Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM option. The setup program continues installing Windows 98.
- Follow the Windows 98 installation steps as you would for a physical PC.
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see Installing VMware Tools.
If sound was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98, you can enable it after the operating system has been installed. To set up the virtual machine to play sound, see Configuring Sound in VMware Workstation.
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98, you can enable it after the operating system has been installed. To set up networking for a virtual machine, follow the instructions below.
- Shut down Windows 98 and power off the virtual machine.
- From the VMware Workstation window, on the Settings menu, choose Configuration Editor and click Add.
- Follow the instructions in the Add Hardware Wizard to add a virtual Ethernet adapter.
- Power on the virtual machine.
- When Windows 98 reboots, it auto-detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI-ISA) and prompts for the Windows 98 CD-ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work fine and do not need to be changed.
- Use the Network icon in the Control Panel to view or change network settings. For example, you may want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default.
Windows 98 Se Vmware No Sound
- Shut down Windows 98 and power off the virtual machine.
- From the main program window, on the Settings menu, choose Configuration Editor and open the Ethernet Adapters panel.
- Select a network connection type for the virtual machine and click the Install button.
- Click OK to save the updated configuration, then power on the virtual machine.
- When Windows 98 reboots, it auto-detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI-ISA) and prompts for the Windows 98 CD-ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work fine and do not need to be changed.
- Use the Network icon in the Control Panel to view or change network settings. For example, you may want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default.
After Windows 98 has been installed, you may notice COM5 and COM6 devices exist within the Windows Device Manager. These devices do not actually exist and are not consuming IRQ or other resources. You may remove them using the Windows device manager if you like.
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On a Linux host with an XFree86 3.x X server, it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system. Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze.
Vmware Workstation 12 Windows 98 Sound Drivers
Support for EMM386.EXE and other memory managers is currently limited. If you initially boot using a customized non-standard MS-DOS or Windows 98 boot floppy, be sure that EMM386.EXE (or other memory manager) is not being loaded. HIMEM.SYS and RAMDRIVE.SYS can be loaded and used without problems.