Windows XP Home Sound Themes

[Guest]

I have checked my Sound Card & Speakers all ok. I can play CDs with full
sound but, for no reason I can fathom the normal sound themes are gone (like
stating & shutdown etc) I have also been umable to show the volume control in
start up even though I have checked the box. The computer is working fine
but I keep thinking I have gone deaf. Can anyone please advise a solution.

 

[Kelly]

Startup and Shutdown Sounds are missing: Two Checkpoints and Two edits:

TweakUI/General/Beep on errors (verify that the box is checked). If you
have installed Neromix 1.3.039, here is the fix:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER

In the right pane you should see: (Default) REG_SZ (Value not set). After
installing Neromix 1.3.039 the Value data changes to nothing (No Name)or
(Default) REG_SZ and nothing under Data. But if you right click and choose
"Modify Binary Data" you will see there is a value. Simply right click the
string and delete it. From there Windows will create the (Default) string
which restores your sound.

Fix the Ding.wav File (Line 6)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Restore System Default Sounds (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
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_specific.htm#xp_sound

List of Sound and Gameport Drivers in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q295/3/18.asp

Troubleshooting Games and Multimedia in Windows XP
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/xp_resources.htm

Startup Sound Plays Irregularly After Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/8/53.asp

No Sound Events Are Played
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;262256

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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