Sound Schemes » Altering, etc. (XP Professional)

So… I've been trying to do something on XP Pro, that I know I've done before
with no great difficulty on XP Home: that is, change a couple of the sound
scheme settings — specifically, the "Windows Logoff" and "Windows Logon"
settings.

On XP Home, I recall having to go into the "Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties" dialogue and selecting the desired item (e.g., Windows Logoff)
and then using the [Browse] button to find the desired .wav file. I can do
that, and I can check that I have the correct .wav file by clicking the []
button. So far, so good… But when I actually Logoff/on, I don't get the
newly selected .wav files.

I've even renamed the desired .wav files to "Windows Logoff(/on)" and placed
them in the default directory {‹root_drive›\Windows\Media} and tested them
with the [] button. And that works (as one would expect)… But again, when
I logoff and logon, I still get the default Win logoff/on .wav file sounds.

Obviously, I'm missing something basic here… just can't figure out what that
is. Any help you can give will be appreciated. Thanks.

Color me stymied,
—Thri

Did you save the sound scheme after you'd modified it?

"thricipio" wrote in message
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So. I've been trying to do something on XP Pro, that I know I've done
before
with no great difficulty on XP Home: that is, change a couple of the
sound
scheme settings - specifically, the "Windows Logoff" and "Windows Logon"
settings.

On XP Home, I recall having to go into the "Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties" dialogue and selecting the desired item (e.g., Windows Logoff)
and then using the [Browse] button to find the desired .wav file. I can
do
that, and I can check that I have the correct .wav file by clicking the
[]
button. So far, so good. But when I actually Logoff/on, I don't get the
newly selected .wav files.

I've even renamed the desired .wav files to "Windows Logoff(/on)" and
placed
them in the default directory {root_drive\Windows\Media} and tested them
with the [] button. And that works (as one would expect). But again,
when
I logoff and logon, I still get the default Win logoff/on .wav file
sounds.

Obviously, I'm missing something basic here. just can't figure out what
that
is. Any help you can give will be appreciated. Thanks.

Color me stymied,
-Thri

Yes.

"Jean Rosenfeld" wrote:

Did you save the sound scheme after you'd modified it?
:
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:

thricipio wrote:
So… I've been trying to do something on XP Pro, that I know I've done before
with no great difficulty on XP Home: that is, change a couple of the sound
scheme settings — specifically, the "Windows Logoff" and "Windows Logon"
settings.

On XP Home, I recall having to go into the "Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties" dialogue and selecting the desired item (e.g., Windows Logoff)
and then using the [Browse] button to find the desired .wav file. I can do
that, and I can check that I have the correct .wav file by clicking the []
button. So far, so good… But when I actually Logoff/on, I don't get the
newly selected .wav files.

I've even renamed the desired .wav files to "Windows Logoff(/on)" and placed
them in the default directory {‹root_drive›\Windows\Media} and tested them
with the [] button. And that works (as one would expect)… But again, when
I logoff and logon, I still get the default Win logoff/on .wav file sounds.

Obviously, I'm missing something basic here… just can't figure out what that
is. Any help you can give will be appreciated. Thanks.

Color me stymied,
—Thri

Maybe this:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings

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Joe =o)