email notification sound not working

[matanuska]

I cannot get Outlook 2003 to automatically play the email notification
sound on my new computer (MCE 2005). The sound is set correctly in
control panel -> "sounds and audio devices" and works fine. When I
check the advanced email tab in Outlook, all of the boxes are checked.
If I then hit the OK button, the sound will play every time a new
message comes in, but only while that session of Outlook is active.
When I close the program and restart - NO SOUND! I have to go through
the whole process to manually "enable" the sounds again. It's almost
like Outlook isn't saving the settings from one session to the next
(although the boxes are still checked every time I look). This isn't a
critical error but one of those little things that drives one NUTS!
Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

 

[DAVE]

Hi,
Try as follows,
Set the automatically checking for new mail short. (Every 1 min.)
After reopening Outlook, don't manually start the send\receive process
and let the program do it automatically.( At least for the first arrival of
mail).
See if the sound notification plays.
Regards,
DAVE