Outlook 2003 - Notification sound will NOT change

[Synergistics]

Starting yesterday, my new mail notification sound began just playing a
-Beep- sound, much like the default system beep instead of the notify.wav
file that is still specified on the sounds screen for the system. I have
turned of notification sounds and closed Outlook and then changed the sound
to another Wav file and then restarted OUtlook in an effort to fix this but I
cannot get it to go away. Does anyone know why this would happen? I have
not installed any recent updates or software to my system in the past several
days since this issue has cropped up...any help in resolving is very much
appreciated!

Thank you.

Noah

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I am not being facetious, but are your speakers plugged in? Do any other
sounds workd?

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After furious head-scratching, Synergistics asked this group:

| Starting yesterday, my new mail notification sound began just playing
| a -Beep- sound, much like the default system beep instead of the
| notify.wav file that is still specified on the sounds screen for the
| system. I have turned of notification sounds and closed Outlook and
| then changed the sound to another Wav file and then restarted OUtlook
| in an effort to fix this but I cannot get it to go away. Does anyone
| know why this would happen? I have not installed any recent updates
| or software to my system in the past several days since this issue
| has cropped up...any help in resolving is very much appreciated!
|
| Thank you.
|
| Noah

 

[Synergistics]

All other sounds are working...and correctly. Just this one sound for
inbound mail...which does produce a sound just not the one assigned and I
cannot determine what is telling it to play that sound.

Noah

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If it is a system sound, see if you can replace the file with one extracted
from your Office cd using SFC. It may be corrupted. Otherwise, try
selecting a non-office sound to play and see if that one works/

Remember, in Outlook 2003 if you have a rule that acts on a message, the new
mail notification sound does not sound.

Just to be sure, you do have sound notification turned on in Outlook
tools->options->other->advanced options "Provide feedback with sound" as
well as under the reminder options on the same page?


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Synergistics asked this group:

| All other sounds are working...and correctly. Just this one sound for
| inbound mail...which does produce a sound just not the one assigned
| and I cannot determine what is telling it to play that sound.
|
| Noah
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| I am not being facetious, but are your speakers plugged in? Do any
|| other sounds workd?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
||
|| After furious head-scratching, Synergistics asked this group:
||
||| Starting yesterday, my new mail notification sound began just
||| playing a -Beep- sound, much like the default system beep instead
||| of the notify.wav file that is still specified on the sounds screen
||| for the system. I have turned of notification sounds and closed
||| Outlook and then changed the sound to another Wav file and then
||| restarted OUtlook in an effort to fix this but I cannot get it to
||| go away. Does anyone know why this would happen? I have not
||| installed any recent updates or software to my system in the past
||| several days since this issue has cropped up...any help in
||| resolving is very much appreciated!
|||
||| Thank you.
|||
||| Noah