RE: Freedom from Microsoft != Freedom from Intel.

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:05:24 -0700

> Why in three separate installs of NT from a beta to the most recent
> NTServer/BackOffice won't NT recognize my SoundBlaster 32? This is an
> absolutely stock SoundBlaster 32, not a clone, in a Micron P-133.

NT doesn't do plug and play, it doesn't auto-detect some devices like
sound cards, and it doesn't do power management. Promised in NT 5.0, I'm
hoping in particular that the power management makes it...

- Joe

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