Yes, XP SP2 got rid of it. If you have compatibility problems, open up notepad, type in
@echo offREM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless aREM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.REM Install CD ROM extensionslh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exeREM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redirREM Install DPMI supportlh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosxREM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.REM The command for setting the BLASTER environment is as follows:REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330REM where:REM A specifies the sound blaster's base I/O portREM I specifies the interrupt request lineREM D specifies the 8-bit DMA channelREM P specifies the MPU-401 base I/O portREM T specifies the type of sound blaster cardREM 1 - Sound Blaster 1.5REM 2 - Sound Blaster Pro IREM 3 - Sound Blaster 2.0REM 4 - Sound Blaster Pro IIREM 6 - SOund Blaster 16/AWE 32/32/64REMREM The default value is A220 I5 D1 T3 and P330. If any of the switches isREM left unspecified, the default value will be used. (NOTE, since all theREM ports are virtualized, the information provided here does not have toREM match the real hardware setting.) NTVDM supports Sound Blaster 2.0 only.REM The T switch must be set to 3, if specified.SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3REM To disable the sound blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM, specify an invalidREM SB base I/O port address. For example:REM SET BLASTER=A0Then save it as "autoexec.nt" in Windows \ System32 WITH quotes -- otherwise notepad adds .txt to your file name.
