Windows 7: VMware Windows 98 sounds ?

OK I know this is not a Windows 7 question, but - I have recently discovered (rather late in the day) VMware and had loads of fun loading my old OS disks. I can get start-up sounds from Windows 2000 onwards but not from Windows 98 (I also have a '95 disk - did that have a start-up sound ?).

So my question is - is it possible to load '98 (or even '95) sound drivers for whatever virtual sound card VMware uses ? I know the sound is on YouTube, but I would love to hear that start-up sound on my VM.



TIA, as they say.

pic of '98 Device Manager in VMware



Jed, Manchester UK

Have you installed VM Ware tools

Hi there
depending on what version of VMware you are using -- version 9 workstation or it's related free VMware player has an option where the sound card uses the sound card of the host which might be a problem for older OS's like Windows 98.

It might be better to use VMware version 8 or even 7 as these can use a "Sound Blaster" type sound card as the emulated virtual sound card which would work OK in Win95 / 98. The modern HD audio might be problematic to virtualize on Win 95/98 especially if you are running an X-64 bit Host -- but it SHOULD work though.

What I've found is switch OFF completely the HOST and then after reboot restart the VM -- ensure VMware tools has been installed though before doing this.

Ensure also that SOUND in the HOST is working and the volume control not turned right down - otherwise the VM will seem that the sound card isn't working.

Cheers
jimbo

+2. I have Workstation 8 with a Win98 VM and had this issue also. I changed the soundcard to the Sound Blaster generic type, and all is well. Blast to the past