I didn't have the .Default at the end.  I added it, but instead of also adding the 
.Current and .Default inside,  Goto control panels->sound and audio devices->sounds 
tab.  You should now have the Default Beep listed in program events.  It won't have 
a speaker next to it, so select it and then select the Windows XP Ding for the sound 
and things should be fixed.

If you then look in your registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default 
you should see .current with the data as Windows XP Ding.wav.







On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:
>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>








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Clean Solution! (Fernando: Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm)


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