I might add that I've just switched to XP and found a _weird_ problem
with the sound drivers. When I was trying to create a multiple selection
on the desktop and dragged the handle in and out of the trashcan Squeak
died when playing the mouse leave sound (but only on multiple
selections; not if I just dragged something in and out). I'll look into
this issue; perhaps fixing this problem will also fix the NT problem.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org] Im 
> Auftrag von Lex Spoon
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Januar 2002 21:08
> An: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Betreff: RE: Squeak hogs sound driver on NT (repost)
> 
> 
> john-reed.x.maffeo at mail.sprint.com wrote:
> > I have experienced a similar problem, but I
> > do not have to reboot to clear it, I only
> > have to quit and restart Squeak.
> > 
> > When I start Squeak, the first invocation of
> > playSound(??? doing this from memory) works.
> > After that all I get is a message saying
> > something about the device drive not being ready.
> 
> First, it seems that, indeed, Squeak hogs the sound device on certain
> versions of NT.  I've seen similar error messages using various Win9x
> machines using programs other than Squeak, so this isn't necessarily a
> Squeak-specific issue.
> 
> Second, your particular problem can be worked around by disabling the
> preference soundStopWhenDone.  The root cause of this problem, on the
> other hand, remains a mystery.....
> 
> 
> -Lex
> 
>