To resolve this error, first open Control Panel and double click on Multimedia. On the audio tab, set the Preferred Playback and Recording source to your sound card. Press apply and OK. If the Multimedia Section is grayed out, then do the following:

Click Start, Select Run.
Type "SYSEDIT" and press OK.
Several small windows will appear in one large window.
Click SYSTEM.INI window to bring it to the front of all the other windows.

The [boot] section should be the first section and should have the following lines without additions:

• sound.drv=mmsound.drv
• drivers=mmsystem.dll

If these lines are missing, you will need to type them in at the end of the [boot] section. If similar lines are there, but do not say the correct thing such as a line that says "drivers=power.drv" you will need to comment that line out by placing a semicolon(;) at the beginning of the line and then recreate it the way it should be.

Scroll down to the [386Enh] section.

Look for lines that begin with device and end with .386 (example: device=bsbpd.386).
Comment out any such line by placing a semi-colon in front of it (example: ;device=vsbpd.386).

Scroll down to the [drivers] section. This section should contain the following two lines:

• wave=mmsystem.dll
• midi=mmsystem.dll

If wave or midi refer to other .dll files, place a ";" at the beginning of those lines and recreate them as they should be. If either of these lines is missing, add it. If there are any lines referring to "wave1=…" or "Midi1=…" comment them out by placing the semicolon (;) at the beginning of the line.

Next scroll to the [mci] section and look for the following:

• waveaudio=mciwave.drv
• sequencer=mciseq.drv
• cdaudio=mcicda.drv

If any of the above lines has any extra characters such as a number, delete that character.

Place a semi-colon before any reference to mcixing, mcimix*.

Click File on the top menu bar. Click save. Click File again. Click on exit. Restart the system.