Joseph,

> Since I use Squeak on windows 98, I always have
> the same problem: 
> If the VM uses Direct Sound, Squeak crashes the first
> time it plays a sound after I load a project.  If I run
> Squeak without loading a project, everything works perfectly.

You mean that sounds get played correctly if you do not load a project?!
That sounds weird... do you have a crash.dmp file somewhere in your VM
directory (the VM creates on of these if it crashes and it almost always
manages to do so). If you have, it would be helpful if you could send it
to me.

> I suppose it is a problem with the driver of my sound card. 
> But there is a link with the project loading.
> I will appreciate to get some advice. 

I need more information before I can say anything about this problem.

> By the way, how to configure the VM not to use Direct Sound. 
> Now I must disable it in the VM preferences every time I run
> Squeak.  This option doesn't seem to be available in the
> squeak.ini file.

Sorry about that - it will be fixed in the next version.

Cheers,
  - Andreas