yahoo messenger ringtones do not work as restricted user

[H.S.]

Hello,

This is a peculiar problem. If I use Yahoo voice chat as a restricted
user (not as an administrator role user), and try to playback a ring
tone in Preferences of voice chat, XP gives an error that the files
cannot be played. Also, if I ring somebody in my contacts list, I can
hear the ringing on my computer. But for an incoming call, my computer
does not ring at all. It is as if the restricted users are being denied
permission. The ringing works fine in an account with administrator
privileges.

Its been quite many months since I started experiencing this. The XP
computer is kept up to date. If I play the ringtone files separately in
a play (VLC for example), I can hear them alright.

Any idea what problems should I be looking for in terms of file
permissions? Also, can anybody confirm if Yahoo voice chat incoming
ringing works for anybody else on XP and in restricted user account?

thanks,
Sam.

 

[Newbie Coder]

H S,

For all Yahoo Messenger questions you should contact their Customer Services

 

[H.S.]

H S,

For all Yahoo Messenger questions you should contact their Customer Services

Yeah, I expected such a response ... it is not an open source group
after all. It is hard to get help which spans a wide range of categories
in a proprietary group like this. I wanted to try my luck anyway ...
hoping against hope.

Just for the record, I have already tried yahoo answers web page. It
appears people there think it is a problem with the OS and its permissions.

Sam.