Dear VOGONS Experts, I just upgraded the old home system (166MHz Win95) to a 2.4GHz XPPro (SP1) system and am having problems getting my child's favorite game to run. The program 'Gizmos & Gadgets' is one of The Learning Company's Super Solvers series of games. Gizmos And Gadgets For Adult ChildrenThe CD, which has a copyright of 1993, says that it was design for Win95 and requires a Windows compatible sound device. The program installs fine on the new system, but when I run it, I get the following error message. Gizmo Gadget For KidsThe MIDI driver for your sound card could not be found. Make sure that the correct sound card drivers are installed before restarting Gizmos && Gadgets! Consult you sound card's documentation for additional information. The sound card is a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 I tried this on my work box (P4 2.4GHZ, 1GB RAM, XP Pro (SP1)) with integrated sound and get the same error. I worked Creative support and they were not able to help and suggested I look for a new version of the software. Well TLC, Broderbun no longer sells or supports this game. So, I'm continuing the investigation. Note, I have an DOS game that I was able to get to work using the VDMSound (update2) and Launchpad (1.0.1.1). But, I read in one thread that these utils will not affect windows based executables. I noticed the VDMS (musical icon) command does not appear when invoked on this executable. I guess that's a big clue. Japanese sea lion extinction. So, that's where I am. Jul 17, 2003 - The program 'Gizmos & Gadgets' is one of The Learning Company's Super. If nothing else works, I'll give your MAC emulator solution a try. Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 (PC, 1997) windows win mac kids educational game. Super Solvers Gizmos & Gadgets PC MAC CD learn about energy physics.
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