Re: My system sounds have been disabled. Help!

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Try reinstalling it from the User Jack.
"Jackson" <jackdinsss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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XP (MCE) on a Dell Dimension C521.

I have two accounts on the machine, one called Jack and the other is
Guest.

When I use the Guest account, all the system sounds work perfectly.
By system sounds I mean the little dings and dongs that play when you
start or close Windows or empty the recycle bin, etc.

When I use the Jack account these sounds do not play. If I go to
Settings > ControlPanel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds > then
highlite a particular sound and press the little test button the sound
plays fine. But when I go back into Windows the sounds no longer
function.

I restored the system to an earlier date and the sounds worked again.
But since that restored date I have changed ISPs (from Cox to
BellSouth) and the restore changed all my mail and newsgroup settings
back to Cox. So I undid the restore and now I have BellSouth back,
but the sounds fell silent again.

(I didn't think that SystemRestore would change that kind of thing,
but it did).

I'm not even sure exactly when the sounds quit working; I just
suddenly noticed that they were no longer there. I installed several
Windows critical updates (automatically) in the last few days. That
might have affected the sounds.

Any suggestions on how to get them back? I looked thru the Add
Windows Components options and didn't see anything that looked
promising.

Thanks loads...


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