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10-11-2007, 02:00 PM
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MSN messenger sound
I'm using XP Pro but I don't have Windows Media Player installed.
I don't get any sounds with MSN Messenger (alert sounds, I haven't tried making calls with it). Am I right in thinking that the lack of WMP is the reason for no alert sounds? Can I somehow make it use VLC to generate sounds?
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10-11-2007, 02:14 PM
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I don't think that it's WMP that's causing the sound problems. Are the sound files in the right place?
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10-11-2007, 02:40 PM
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Control Panel->Sounds->Sounds tab->scroll down to the Windows Messenger section.
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10-11-2007, 04:26 PM
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How do you install XP without WMP? I'd love to be able to do that.........
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10-14-2007, 03:57 AM
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I may have used this command: "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" to get rid of Windows Messenger (I can't remember) but now I've installed MSN Messenger and I don't get alert sounds so if I don't see a flashing window in my application bar, I don't know I've received a message. I don't have a section for Windows Messenger in my "control panel> sounds" box |
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10-14-2007, 04:21 AM
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In MSN, try going through Options > Alerts and Sounds, and see if the right things are checked in there.
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10-14-2007, 07:22 AM
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Please check the Options. Maybe the sound files set for Windows Messenger got deleted or moved. Go to Tools > Options > Preferences > Sounds > Sounds. Then scroll down to Windows Messenger. Try to browse on the Windows Messenger Program Folder. Or try updating to Windows Live Messenger if nogo.
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10-14-2007, 01:49 PM
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i don't have a Windows Messenger folder and i don't have the options in my control panel > sounds >sounds....
the settings are properly set in the tools option of msn messenger but when i test it, it doesn't play. when i browse to the folder and open the sound files, vlc opens up and plays the sound. |
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