RE: Why does my MSN messenger have no audio?
- From: Mr. Monge <MrMonge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:07:01 -0700
thanks it worked!
"John" wrote:
> "Mr. Monge" wrote:
>
> > i have tried unistalling and reinstalling everyhing back but no luck fixing
> > the audio for msn 7... i upgraded a couple of days ago, my last messenger was
> > working just fine, i could here the new mail sound or when someone got
> > connnected or msg me and etc, i dont why this is happening when i havent
> > change any settings or anything.
> >
> > could some help me here, maybe this is fixable by a patch or something!
>
> Well, I had the same problem and when I looked into 'Alerts and Sounds'
> category in Options, I saw only two events listed under MSN Messenger. So I
> did a little registry hack which solved the no sound problem. I will describe
> the operation but, if you are willing to follow, keep in mind that the
> registry is sensitive so take a restore point first and then go ahead with
> those instructions:
>
> 1. Open the registry by typing 'regedit.exe' into the Run command.
> 2. Navigate to the key with the name HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Open it by clicking
> it's plus sign to the left.
> 3.Open the subkey with the name AppEvents (should be the very first) by
> clicking the plus sign to its left. You will notice other subkeys under that
> one with the first having the name Event Labels.
> 4. Openthe 'EventLabels' subkey by clicking the plus sign to its left. What
> you get under that is a list of all the events that can be associated with
> the a sound. I mean all, both windows events and Microsoft's apps that reside
> in your pc. Among those the ones that you need is those associated
> exclusively with MSN Messenger.
> 5. Those events are easily pinpointed by their key's name. It starts with
> MSNMSGR_. Be accurate! Not the MSMsgs_ keys (those are related with windows
> messenger but the MSNMSGR_ keys). Those are all the events that are
> associated with MSN messenger by default. Write down their names. You don't
> need to open them and get confused by their data. Just write their names down
> in a piece of paper.
> 6. Click the minus sign to the left of the EventLabels parent key above.
> Underneath that key is another key with the name 'Schemes'. Open it by
> clicking the plus sign to its left. With the same manner open the subkey
> called 'Apps' beneath. Do you notice a subkey with the name MSNMSGR? Again
> not the MSMSGS key (this is for windows messenger) but the MSNMSGR key. Open
> it! Underneath you might have some others. (In my case there were only two).
> 7. Right click the afferomentioned MSNMSGR key (not one of the subkeys under
> it) and select new -> key. A new subkey will be created. Give that key a name
> of those you took down in step 5 above. Repeat this process - creating and
> naming subkeys - for each name you have taken down.
> 8. Close the registry and go back to the MSN Messenger. Go to Options,
> Alerts and Sounds. Click Sounds.. and navigate to MSN Messenger. You should
> be able by now to associate each listed event with the propper sound. The MSN
> sounds files are under Program Files/MSN Messenger.
>
> Sounds complicated but it is not. If you want contact me and I can send you
> the reristy fix for this (I am using XP Home edition English SP2).
>
> I hope I helped you.
>
> Regards
> John
.
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