Shutdown your VM and try changing the virtual sound device to a SoundBlaster16 card, by changing this line in your VM folder's .vmx file:

[code]
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"[/code]
to

[code]
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "sb16"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"[/code]
Then follow the section in this link to manually add the SoundBlaster sound card driver to Windows 98
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws3/doc/ws32_vidsound4.html

LOL! I wasn't very much help with his last problem, was I?

The Guest OS installation guide is referenced from the Fusion Docs.


The above still doesn't make Win98SE a supported OS for the Fusion beta. I will be surprised if an OS that old will ever be properly supported. Also it's relevancy for OS X users is questionable if not dubious.

I'm not so sure the right .PIF file wouldn't fix this problem under XP. XP has pretty incredible 9x backward compatibility.

It's not that I'm so much against Win9x, but rather realistically I question how much time the VMware test teams spends on out-of-date, out-of-service OSes.

Sure if the VMM supports it well, you can run it. Then there's the overall collective knowledge required to make 9x run. An A-Z guide for Win9x just makes me laugh and cry at the same time.

This thread may suffice.

My biggest problem with a network-connected Windows 98/SE is not Microsoft, but rather the deplorable state of security for such an old operating system.

Stuck between running an unsecure OS for obsolete software, I would find newer, replacement software.

Since you're in education, you can appreciate the case of Julie Amero, the 40-yr old substitute teacher in Connecticut who has been convicted of running a Windows 98 system infested with a pop-up malware that lead to her students seeing adult material.

Julie Amero Case: Cautionary Tale for Teachers, School IT Staff
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=169608810

Substitute Teacher Faces Jail Time Over Spyware
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/substitute_teacher_faces_jail.html

Questionable Conviction of Connecticut Teacher in Pop-up Porn Case
http://www.alternet.org/rights/46925/

Regardless of her innocence or guilt. This is case reason alone never to run Windows 98 in 2007. Windows 98, even protected via NAT is not sufficient to deal with today's security threats.