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How do you initialize the SoundBlaster for a DOS game on Windows XP?
Windows XP's command interpreter has poor support for SoundBlaster. You can try installing VDMSound, which adds better support into the box. For a far better compatibility rate, use DOSBox instead.
Click the start button and select "run," which is on the left side of the menu.
If for some reason this option is not there, create a new text file with notepad and type "command.exe" (no quotes) in...