How can I make the sound as loud as poss to alert for new mail?

[T@discussions.microsoft.com Gary T]

I work in a loud environment. I would like to make incoming message alerts
as loud as possible. Can this be changed?

[Vanguard]

"Gary T" <Gary T...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I work in a loud environment. I would like to make incoming message
>alerts
> as loud as possible. Can this be changed?

Turn up the volume control on the powered speakers. Slide up the volume
in the Volume Control applet for the WAV or Master controls. Use a
sound file editor to increase the volume of the recording in the .wav
file used for the sound event. Use headphones. Forget the sound and
configure the e-mail client or use a rule to pop open an alert window on
the screen. After all, if you are in such a loud environment where
turning up the volume on the speakers or volume control applet won't let
you hear the sound then you should definitely be wearing hearing
protectors to save your ears from gradual damage. I wore ear protectors
in a computer room because of all the fan noise and didn't want to
damage my hearing. Since you won't hear the sound alert with ear
protectors, use a visual clue that you have new mail.

[Gabrielle]

I have another question that pertains to the question above... how do I
change the sound played for this alert? Somehow it changed on me by itself
(not sure maybe someone was playing around) and it now plays an annoying
little clunk. Any suggestions please?

[VanguardLH]

Gabrielle wrote:
>
> Vanguard wrote on 04-Jun-2006:
>>
>> Gary T wrote on 04-Jun-2006 ...

>>>
>>> I work in a loud environment. I would like to make incoming
>>> message alerts as loud as possible. Can this be changed?
>>
>> Turn up the volume control on the powered speakers. Slide up the
>> volume in the Volume Control applet for the WAV or Master controls.
>> Use a sound file editor to increase the volume of the recording in
>> the .wav file used for the sound event. Use headphones. Forget the
>> sound and configure the e-mail client or use a rule to pop open an
>> alert window on the screen. After all, if you are in such a loud
>> environment where turning up the volume on the speakers or volume
>> control applet won't let you hear the sound then you should
>> definitely be wearing hearing protectors to save your ears from
>> gradual damage. I wore ear protectors in a computer room because of
>> all the fan noise and didn't want to damage my hearing. Since you
>> won't hear the sound alert with ear protectors, use a visual clue
>> that you have new mail.
>

> I have another question that pertains to the question above... how do
> I change the sound played for this alert? Somehow it changed on me by
> itself (not sure maybe someone was playing around) and it now plays
> an annoying little clunk. Any suggestions please?

Why are you responding to a thread whose last post (mine) was almost 3
years ago back in June 4, 2006? Hell, I don't keep posts in my
newsreader that are over 10 days old!

Besides that blunder, you say "I have another question" but you were
never involved in the original thread, shown archived at:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/browse_frm/thread/dec3f9d6eed3574e/76a2ba99a8ab1fb9#76a2ba99a8ab1fb9

unless maybe Gary had a sex change to become Gabrielle. ;-))

If you are going to attempt to hijack a thread, use a new one. Better
would be to start your own new thread.

[IceTNeT]

Gabrielle,

Pay no attention to this flamer. He is the reason cyber-bullying exists. Go
to the Control Panel and find the option for sounds. Within this option you
can change the default sound to another sound on your system. You can do a
Google or WindowsLive search for .wav files and download one if you'd like.
Since each version of Windows is a bit different and the appearance and
access to Control Panel can easily be changed, find the sound option and play
around with it until you get it. If you mess up, just change the theme back
to one of the list values. I hope that helps.

And VanguardLH... grow up.

[Foilman_1]

Thanks for the helpful reply Ice, it's a pity VanguardLH has been put on
those prescription "Angry Pills" but when you've got the problems he's got
you just have to take the medicine and wait for the cure.

[Anita]

Stuff a sock in it, VanguardLH... question for YOU - why are YOU checking a 3
year old post?

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I'm am curious as to why this thread keeps getting found months after it
apparently died. He wasn't the one checking a 3 yr old post. In March,
someone dug it up and he replied, another person found it in april, it
happened again in july, and now you resurrected it. Why is it so popular?

You can see the recent posts to the thread at
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=790

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[Pugmom]

This is probably resurrected because more often than not on help sites it is
common to have people search for a solution and find an answer rather than
start a new thread that has already been put up. We're almost programmed to
seek first THEN ask.

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Except the last few posts have nothing to do with the title of the thread
and the ones from earlier this year are only remotely related. Seems more
like someone who doesn't like Vanguard keeps replying to them.

For future reference on the sound topic:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/sounds.htm

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[uwdoug79]

The reason people keep replying to this thread is because if you have Office
2007 and you do a local search in their help file for "Turn Desktop Alerts on
or off", at the bottom of the help topic there is a link for Related Office
Online discussions and the first link takes you to this post...
sigh..............

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Thanks!

As for the problem with desktop alerts, if you use Outlook 2007 SP2, there
is a known issue where something prevents them from displaying. It may be
related to an itunes addin - see
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2009/up090611.htm#1.

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