system sounds

[Huzefa]

A few days back the start windows and exit windows and some othe system sounds just disappeared . In sounds and audio devices properties , these are still present , ie the sounds are activated , but they dont play when starting or exiting windows. Just cant figure out why since its already active , why isnt it playing ?[/img]

[crashuniverse]

any error code?
any images to attach.

[Vishal Gupta]

May be those Wav files hv been deleted?
Check that if they r still present in %system_drive%\Windows\Media folder?

U can also try to change those sounds to some other wav files...

[siriusb]

Check for the sound file entry integrity in the "Sounds and audio devices" properties. That is, check to see if the entry for startup/shutdown is selected and pointing to a valid sound file.

Try reverting to the default sound scheme.

If u have installed a new software, try uninstalling it and then restarting the pc. It would be faster to use system restore points if u had used them.

If on XP, u can try tip no. 211 from here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

[q3_abhi]

Even some optimizing softwares can do that. Do u have any softwares that will optimize ur PC or fasten up ur PC???