Re: customizing windows xp

Tom Perry wrote:

Any one have any info as to whether it is possible to add the AOl "you
have mail" sound to xp


Certainly. It's sinply a wav file and Windows can use that wav file just as
it can any other.

Put the wav file anywhere on your drive, then go to Control Panel, Sounds
and Audio Devices, and go to the Sounds tab. Scroll to new mail
notification, then browse to this wav file and choose it.

You can get lots of different wav files on the web (google for them) and use
any of them for any of the events listed on that Sound tab.


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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