A couple of questions. Have you read up on Win Me's system restore in
Help & Support? Have you decided whether it was Win Me's system restore
or some OEM recovery image that you are talking about? Knowing which you
are referring to would also help rather than your reference to some
mysterious hidden restore file.

Having read up on System Restore have you tried using it to roll your
system back to a checkpoint made before your sound problems began?

Alternatively. Try booting to Safe Mode, open the Device Manager and
delete all sound related entries. Boot back into Normal Mode and let Win
Me redetect your hardware and reinstall your sound drivers. mmsystem.dll
belongs in the windows\system folder.
--
Mike Maltby



Sephiroth via WindowsKB.com u20084@uwe wrote:

Well, I remember using this file earlier to fix the problem, but the
location of the file escaped my mind. But if you can help me with
the sound problem, then I guess i'll forget it for now.

There are a few things that I have encountered. First, when I go to
the Sounds and Multimedia option in the Control Panel, I can select
my sound card (Crystal WDM Audio), but when i go to it again, it
doesn't select it. Second, I got to the System.ini file to see
what's the problem, and i am missing the "wave=mmsystem.dll" file. I
have the mmsystem.dll file ready to go, but i don't know where to put
it to make sure the sound works. Third, the volume isn't showing on
the desktop. Please help.