System Sounds in Windows 3.11

[Sigurdur Baldursson]

I would be very grateful if somebody has the solution to this problem
which has been bothering me for two years:

Every time I start my PC, or even just reboot Windows 3.11, I have to
open Sounds in the Control Panel and turn on the System Sounds.
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[Jeff Collins]

Sigurdur Baldursson (sigurdur@EXCLUDE_THIS.algonet.se) wrote:
: I would be very grateful if somebody has the solution to this problem

: which has been bothering me for two years:

: Every time I start my PC, or even just reboot Windows 3.11, I have to
: open Sounds in the Control Panel and turn on the System Sounds.

This line should be present in the [windows] section of win.ini:

Beep=yes

As far as I know, just that one item indicates the Enable System
Sounds checkbox is checked:

Disabling System Sounds in Windows 3.1
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/Q86/6/61.htm

Another KB article indicates problems with system sounds if
the [boot] section of system.ini file is missing this line:

drivers=mmsystem.dll

System Sounds Unavailable in Control Panel
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/Q117/4/42.htm

-Jeff

[Sigurdur Baldursson]

Thanks Jeff!

I checked the win.ini file and it said ..

Beep=Ja

Obviously there is a bug in my swedish version of Windows 3.11. The
marking of the checkbox is translated into a language, the program
does not understand.

In article <60ad95$l...@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Jeff Collins <jcol...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
...

> This line should be present in the [windows] section of win.ini:
>
>Beep=yes
>
> As far as I know, just that one item indicates the Enable System
>Sounds checkbox is checked:

....
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