On Thursday 04 May 2006 14:21, mddemers@sympatico.ca wrote: > Csound 5.02 beta run fine on Windows XP but not on Windows ME. Using > WinXoundPro for compiling and having direct sound, I got the message that > portaudio.dll is not a plugin and so, I cannot have direct sound. The message about portaudio.dll should not be a problem, you can ignore it. If you really do not have real time audio, then there is a different reason.