Many programs now a day have capabilities to play sounds. Playing sound in a computer needs a sound card. How if the computer doesn't have a sound card? There is still way to get the task. We can use speaker driver. This speaker driver use internal speaker to sound a *.WAV files (one of the sound file support by Microsoft windows). How to get it? Usually this sound driver was packed with the original windows program, but some of the early release may not have it. We can get it from the Microsoft download file or from any other location. I had got it from somewhere and you can download here if you want. The file in ZIP format. Use an unzip program to unpack it.

Installing this driver is quiet easy. Copied the files to the window\system directory. Then, by double klick the OEMSETUP.INF file, the driver is ready to used. You can install this driver to win 3.xx or to win 95. In win 95, the sound is not very good. You can adjust the delay, duration to get an optimum performance. Now you can play any other programs that can be use sound driver to play sound. Enjoy . . .

More tips about how to install and use the PC speaker driver with win 95 :

Installing the PC speaker driver in Win 95

1. Copied the two files OEMSETUP.INF and SPEAKER.DRV to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
2. In Control Panel, double-click the Add New Hardware icon.
3. Click Next, click No, and then click Next.
4. In the Hardware Types box, click Sound, Video, And Game Controllers, and then click Next.
5. Click Have Disk.
6. Change directory to Windows\System in the Copy Manufacturer's Files From box, click Ok.
7. Click Sound Driver For PC Speaker, and then click Ok.
8. Click Finish.
9. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.

1. In Control Panel, double click the Multimedia icon.
2. On the Advanced tab, double click the Audio Devices branch, and then double click "Audio for Sound Driver for PC Speaker".
3. Click Settings.
4. For Information about adjusting the settings, please refer to the .TXT file contained in the zip file.
5. Click Ok, until you return to Control Panel.

1. Copied the two files OEMSETUP.INF and SPEAKER.DRV to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
2. In Control Panel, double-click the Add New Hardware icon.
3. Click Next, Next click No, and then click Next and No.
4. In the Hardware Types box, click Sound, Video, And Game Controllers, and then click Next.
5. Click Have Disk.
6. Change directory to Windows\System in the Copy Manufacturer's Files From box, click Ok.
7. Click Sound Driver For PC Speaker, and then click Ok.
8. Click Finish.
9. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.

1. In Control Panel, double click the Multimedia icon.
2. On the Advanced tab, double click the Audio Devices branch, and then double click "Audio for Sound Driver for PC Speaker".
3. Click Settings.
4. For Information about adjusting the settings, please refer to the .TXT file contained in the zip file.

Click Ok, until you return to Control Panel.

Some Notes about PC speaker driver

1. The PC speaker driver plays only .WAV files. It does not play .MID, .RMI, or .AVI files.
2. The version of Media Player that included with win 95 does not play .WAV files with the PC speaker driver. To play .WAV files, use Sound Recorder.
3. Win 95 includes default CODECS. Other multimedia programs may install proprietary or additional CODECS that do not function with the PC speaker driver.
4. The built in win 95 Volume and Mixer tools will not control the PC speaker driver.

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