User Guide

Appendix B: Troubleshooting & Drivers56
Installing a New Driver In Windows 95/98
The following section is intended only as a guide to supplement and enhance the
documentation provided by Windows and/or your soundcard/MIDI interface
manufacturer. In the case of any discrepancy between this documentation and the
sources noted above, refer to the documentation provided by your hardware
manufacturer for explicit instructions.
Note also that many of the newer soundcards (post-Dec. '95) are 'Plug-and-Play'
compatible (e.g., Sound Blaster 16/AWE32 PnP), which means that if they are
installed in newer computers (post-Dec. '95) with Windows '95/98 they should
install the appropriate drivers and configure themselves automatically. If you
suspect that your system is 'Plug-and-Play' compatible, check to see if the drivers
required for use with Master Flatpick Guitar Solos are not already installed on
your computer.
**Make sure you have your original Windows 95/98 disks or CD-ROM, and any
Soundcard/MIDI interface hardware manufacturer's disks (if applicable) before
proceeding.
The first thing to determine is whether you are installing a driver for a soundcard
using the soundcard's built-in synthesizer, or whether it is a driver for an external
MIDI interface.
If you plan on using the soundcard's built-in synth, you will be using a:
1) Soundcard synth driver that comes with Windows 95/98 (see example 1)
- or
2) Soundcard Driver that you have on disk (supplied with your soundcard) - (see
example 3.)
If you plan on using an external MIDI interface, you will be using a:
1) MIDI driver that comes with Windows 95/98 (MPU-401 MIDI, Sound Blaster
16/AWE32 Wave and MIDI, etc.) - see example 2.
- or
2) MIDI Driver that you have on disk (supplied with your soundcard) - (see
example 3.)
Note(a): Drivers that are supplied on disk are files that end in ".DRV." They are
accompanied by small text files called OEMSETUP.INF that describe the names
of the drivers. If you have lost the floppy disk, you should search your hard drive
for files called OEMSETUP.INF, because your driver might have been copied to
the hard drive.