I have windows XP running on my comp. And I had a lot of sound problems with dos-based games. (I like the old-school games) But recently I downloaded a program called VDMSound. This is what is exactly does: Just download the program here Then install it, and rightclick the "dune.bat" file, and look for the "open with VDMS" option. If everything is okay, the game should run and you should be able to hear the - beautiful if I might add - dune sounds that increases the gameplay of this classic game by a 200% Oh, and don't worry about the sound options in the dune installer. Just ignore these options. It doesn't matter what you've selected. The game should run with the soundblaster sounds. (IF you have a soundblaster that is....) This little program should also work with other old dos games.