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How to get sound working under Windows Server 2003 in Virtual PC

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How to get sound working under Windows Server 2003 in Virtual PC

5 Jan 2005 6:23 PM
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Windows Server 2003 does not include drivers for the Sound Blaster 16 emulated by Virtual PC (nor is this card officially supported in Windows Server 2003).  It is - however - possible to get sound working by loading the Windows XP drivers under Windows Server 2003.  To do this you will need to:

  • Copy the files wdma_ctl.inf and ctlsb16.sys from a Windows XP product CD to a folder.
  • In the Windows Server 2003 virtual machine, go to Device Manager --> Other Devices --> Sound Blaster 16 --> Update Driver:
    • Install from a list --> Don't search --> Sound, video and game controllers
    • Have Disk --> Browse --> Select folder with the two XP files

Other requested files can be selected from the Windows Server 2003 product CD.

Cheers,
Ben

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  • somestuff
    5 Jan 2005 11:44 PM
    I have also found that you can get it working by using Windows Update.
  • David Smith
    6 Jan 2005 4:01 AM
    I haven't tried it out yet, but I wonder if this is the same for Virtual Server 2005.
  • Virtual PC Guy
    6 Jan 2005 3:43 PM
    Hi David,

    No - this will not work under Virtual Server - as Virtual Server does not emulate a sound card at all.

    Cheers,
    Ben
  • David Smith
    7 Jan 2005 6:46 PM
    Oh. Thanks. =)
  • Hendrik
    26 Jan 2005 1:11 AM
    Hi Ben,

    I looked at my WinXP SP2 CD and couldn't find the ctlsb16.sys.
    I have EXPANDed the wdma_ctl.inf though.
    Can I know where can I find the ctlsb16.sys file? Is it in WinXP CD but not in the WinXP SP2 CD ?
    Thanks.
  • Yoichi
    4 Feb 2005 1:31 PM
    The inf files can be found in driver.cab:
    *:\windows\system32\driver cache\Driver.cab
  • VasPO
    30 Mar 2011 8:39 AM

    wdma_ctl.inf - from C:\Windows\Inf

    and

    ctlsb16.sys - from CD\I386\driver.cab

    This steps worked for me.

    Thank you.

  • Evgeniy
    15 Jun 2011 3:17 AM

    Thanks from Russia!

    Your advice helped me very much.

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