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Malia
March 25th 03, 01:43 AM
I do have other even sounds under User 2. However, I did
check the Current User under the Regedit and the data
does say "Value not set". Any other ideas?

Malia
>-----Original Message-----
>"Malia" > wrote in
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>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have two users set up on my home computer and I
noticed
>> just recently that one of the programs (Quicken) has
>> sound on one of the users (User 1)but not on the other
>> one (User 2.)
>
> First; something to check: are any OTHER "sound
events"
>working for this user2 ? I mean like click sounds, menu
>sounds, all the little blips, bleeps, and thingys that
you
>hear on Usr1 when you click on thingys? NOT music or mp3
>files, I mean the "event" in windows?
>
> IF NOT, if user2 has lost those too.. then..
>
> A weird idea... something to "check", okies?
>
> Log on as the user without sound, and then go
into the
>registry (regedit) and go look at In HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
the
>root of this key, you SHOULD HAVE (Default) and (value
not
>set)
>
> Now the weird thingy is this; you will have the
>"Default" entry there, but specifically look at
the "data"
>column of that entry and make sure it has SPECIFICALLY
the
>words; "value not set" - Okies? ANY OTHER value, or EVEN
A
>BLANK would NOT be correct.
>
> Now before you DO anything ELSE.. IF the value is
>"wrong"; then you need to make sure you know what you're
doing
>in that registry. You don't want to change or delete or
do
>anything if you don't know how.
>
> BUT.. assuming you are prepared to do this: if
the value
>is NOT as I stated; then you can RIGHT CLICK on the word
>DEFAULT in the right hand window and a menu will come
up, one
>of the menu items is delete; left click on delete to
delete
>that ENTRY - Now we are NOT NOT NOT talking about
deleting the
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder on the left hand window, we are
>talking about the DEFAULT entry in the right hand
window..
>
> As soon as you delete that DEFAULT entry, Windows
will
>make it again, with the correct value in it. Almost
>immediately. In fact, you can delete it and hit F5 and
find it
>right back there.
>
> That is all I can think about for you.
>
> Do that and then go check and see if you don't
have your
>event sounds back now.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
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