Hi,

Way, way back (Feb 2003) I posted about the absence of this sound for
one user only when 2 of us were using XP's Fast User Switching. Got an
answer. Worked fine.
Then somebody saw that message in Sept 2004 & asked if I had the
answer. Sadly, I'd lost it. They worked out a solution.

However, a hunt through my hard drive today for a file found
dingfix.reg. This is the registry fix that solves the problem:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\ .Default]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\ .Default\.Default]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00 ,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\

00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00 ,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\

77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e ,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
00,76,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\ .Default\.Current]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00 ,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\

00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00 ,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\

77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e ,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
00,76,00,00,00

The easiest way is to search Google for "dingfix.reg". I've just done
that and, lo and behold, good, old Kelly's Korner was were I originally
found it. That's the place to go:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/twea...from_kelly.htm

Robin