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[sprint]

I am copying this from an earlier post I read on the AH board .. it worked for me and it worked for others. So if your having little problems give this a try untill DX 8.1 comes out.

 www.gamevoiceclub.com/Download/dxapplet.zip  

"Microsoft left debug mode on in 8 and 8a for Direct sound. That is eating up cpu cycles
from hell having that on, not to mention software/hardware conflicts that can create. Well I hope this helps some people. This
will cure many alements.

Extract to Windows/System then go to Control Panel click on the Dx applet go to the Direct sound tab and slide the debug slider all the way to the left <<<<< to disable debug mode. It will work w/ 8.1 but I believe debug is off w/ that version. Microsoft rememberd to check."
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sprint
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[ 09-06-2001: Message edited by: sprint ]

[214thCavalier]

Just a bit more info

DirectX 8.0/8.0a causes more system resources to be used than neccesary during DirectX-based games, and those resources weren't being released correctly after exiting some games.
If you DL this applet mentioned apparently you extract the contents of the archive to C:\Windows\System
Unless you use win2000 then it goes here :\WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory.

Worth a try if you experience any such problems, in fact i wonder if it could be related to the Roger Wilco having to be switched to Wave recording and NOT Directsound to make it work    

Another source and DL site is here  http://www.gameclubcentral.com/news/archived_news.asp?Mode=ViewItem&NewsID=490

[ 09-07-2001: Message edited by: 214thCavalier ]