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device is outdated.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.

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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
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