Harold, I think what you are seeing is the wizard is trying to play a MIDI or sound device file and your driver for that particular type of audio device is outdated. I was experiencing some of the same errors and installed latest DirectX and got the latest drivers. Look in your installation directory and try to play (by double clicking) audio files that you find there (*.mid *.mpg, .mp3 .mp? etc.). You will probably get the same error. The newer mpeg and midi formats won't play with the drivers for older device players. ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø¤º°`°º¤¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°` At 10/16/98 11:51 PM , Harold E. Schumacher, Jr. wrote: >I >decided to purchase the IBM product shown in the subject line. >After loading the software and rebooting, I got to the >ViaVoice >User Wizard. After agreeing with user name, first environment, etc. >etc., I click on NEXT and get the following: > > MCI Error > MMSYSTEM296 The file cannot be played on the specified MCI >device. The file may be corrupt or not in the correct format. > I'm hoping that someone will be able to tell me about >the MCI Error and then I can bask in experiencing the IBM quality I >am certain this product to be. > > Doug Simmons +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----- PCSOFT mailing list - http://nospin.com Bob Wright:[log in to unmask] - Drew Dunn:[log in to unmask]