Some System Sounds Won't Play

[John256145]

My Windows 7 computer won't play most sounds when an event occurs. I've already gone into the Sound window from Control Panel, and the sounds still won't play. The following program events DO play a sound : default beep, device connect, device disconnect, device failed to connect, empty recycle bin, windows change theme, windows logoff, windows logon, windows UAC, and start navigation. The following events DO NOT play a sound: Asterisk, Critical Stop, Exclamation, and System Notification. How can I fix this? I can appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[fireberd]

Have you tried changing the Sound Scheme to something other than the "Windows Default (modified)" that you have. Then change it back to the Windows Default Modified and see if that fixes it.

 

[John256145]

Didn't work. When I changed it to a different scheme, I still didn't hear any sound. The same goes when I changed the scheme back to Windows Default (modified)

 

[fireberd]

Did you restart the PC after changing the sound schemes. That may be needed. Just changing it could result in whatever is wrong not getting reset. Try it by changing the sound scheme then restart the PC and see what sounds work.

On a side note, most do not want all the system sounds and are happy when they are disabled.

 

[John256145]

I restarted the PC and still had no sound. Also, I am not annoyed when the system sounds play.

 

[andrew129260]

Try choosing a windows 7 basic theme in personalization, and then choose the windows 7 aero theme.

Do they all play then?

What happens when you go the the test button on the sounds that are not working, nothing plays?

I could copy the music files for you and then you could download them to replace the ones you have.

 

[John256145]

When I change the theme, the sounds still won't play.
When I click the Test button, the sounds play fine.
I have another recently made account that plays the sounds fine.

 

[andrew129260]

That usually indicates a corrupt profile. I would move your data to the new user account and delete the corrupted one.