This was taught to me by Sir Joel when I was still in Acer Philippines (now Wistron Philippines) – how to turn Plug and Play (PnP) in Windows NT 4.
As we all know, Windows NT doesn’t officially support the Plug and Play (PnP) technology, which allows a computer to automatically recognize and configure cards and other hardware devices.
However, the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Plug and Play driver, located in the NT 4 Server and Workstation CD-ROMs, provides partial support for some PnP features.
To install the driver, navigate to the DRVLIB\PNPISA\X86 folder within the CD-ROM. Open the folder, click Pnpisa.inf, and select Install.
After rebooting, the PnP service will appear in the Service applet within the Control Panel. While this allows NT to detect some PnP devices, some settings may still need to be configured manually.
Note: Do not install this PnP driver if you have another Creative Labs Sound Blaster sound card installed on your system.
