System Sounds

[Bob Walling]

Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
how to restart them.
Bob

[Unknown]

Did you check control panel---administrative tools---services---Windows
audio?
"Bob Walling" > wrote in message
...
> Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
> as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
> how to restart them.
> Bob
>

[Patrick]

Bob Walling wrote:
> Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
> as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
> how to restart them.
> Bob

Control Panel>'Sounds and Audio Devices'>'Sounds' tab>'Sound scheme'
drop-down (no sounds/Windows default).

[Bob Walling]

Thanks, But I have tried this. I suspect a registry entry is changed,
but I don't know where to look.
BW

Patrick wrote:
> Bob Walling wrote:
>
>>Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
>>as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
>>how to restart them.
>>Bob
>
>
> Control Panel>'Sounds and Audio Devices'>'Sounds' tab>'Sound scheme'
> drop-down (no sounds/Windows default).
>
>

[Larry Maietta]

Have you tried the device manager to make sure the sound driver did not get
turned off?

--
Sincerely
Larry Maietta
"Bob Walling" > wrote in message
news:DD63b.62905$K44.56543@edtnps84...
> Thanks, But I have tried this. I suspect a registry entry is changed,
> but I don't know where to look.
> BW
>
> Patrick wrote:
> > Bob Walling wrote:
> >
> >>Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
> >>as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
> >>how to restart them.
> >>Bob
> >
> >
> > Control Panel>'Sounds and Audio Devices'>'Sounds' tab>'Sound scheme'
> > drop-down (no sounds/Windows default).
> >
> >
>

[Larry Maietta]

Bob:
You might try checking here:(borrowed from Kelly's Corner)
Where did my Sounds go?
Startup Sounds are missing:

TweakUI/General/Beep on errors (verify that the box is checked).
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Restore Startup and Shutdown Sounds (Line 211)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

System Sounds are missing:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_USERS. If it doesn't
have a Data entry in the right pane that reads: (value not set), double
click (Default) and delete it. If it does, check your HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21
keys for the same.

Restore System Default Sounds (Line 6)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Restore Media Files (Line 174)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

This edit corrects many Sound issues: Fix the Ding.wav File (Line 6)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Resources for Troubleshooting Sound Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307918

I hope this helps, and
Thank You Kelly for Your wonderful site and helpful tweaks.
--
Sincerely
Larry Maietta

"Bob Walling" > wrote in message
news:DD63b.62905$K44.56543@edtnps84...
> Thanks, But I have tried this. I suspect a registry entry is changed,
> but I don't know where to look.
> BW
>
> Patrick wrote:
> > Bob Walling wrote:
> >
> >>Somehow I have lost or turned off my system sounds such
> >>as startup, shutdown and error sounds. Can anyone suggest
> >>how to restart them.
> >>Bob
> >
> >
> > Control Panel>'Sounds and Audio Devices'>'Sounds' tab>'Sound scheme'
> > drop-down (no sounds/Windows default).
> >
> >
>


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