>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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