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DO
YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Sounds, sounds, sweet
glorious sounds… do you hear them? From
all around, no wait, from your desktop speakers! Hear the sweet glorious sounds as you click on a button,
click click on a button… no I think that’s a chime, or is it a ding, I bet
it’s a chord. Wait! There’s that pretty music when I shut down my computer…
ah, the sweet melody of the Microsoft Sound*. What is this leading
into? You guessed it.
This newsletter is all about finding and changing the sounds on your
Windows 95/98/NT PC. It’s fairly simple. I
broke it down to 1) finding the sounds and 2) changing the sounds.
Have Fun! 1)
How to FIND your WAV (sound) files on your computer (some are in the
default location, but there are others scattered throughout your hard drive): a)
Click on START b)
Click on FIND c)
Click on FILES OR
FOLDERS i)
The FIND: ALL FILES dialog box will appear ii)
In the NAMED: field, type
*.WAV iii)
Make sure the LOOK IN: field indicates (C:) -- there may be words before
it such as Drive_c (C:) iv)
Verify INCLUDE SUBFOLDERS is checked v)
Click on FIND NOW (1)
While it is searching, the STOP button changes from gray to black (2)
When the STOP button returns to gray, it has finished its search vi)
A list of all the WAV (sound) files found on your computer will be
displayed vii)
In the lower section of the FIND: ALL
FILES dialog box, click on the column heading “IN FOLDER” and it will
sort the file locations (sub-folders) alphabetically viii)
Write down the exact location (sub-folder) of your WAV (sound) files for
later use ix)
For example, you may have the following location (sub-folder) listed if
you are using a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation:
c:\winnt\media d)
Close the FIND
dialog box by clicking on the X located at the top right-hand corner of the
window 2)
Now that you know the location of your WAV (sound) files, you can make
changes to the sounds played while you are using Windows: a)
Click on START b)
Click on SETTINGS c)
Click on CONTROL
PANEL d)
Double-click on
SOUNDS e)
The SOUNDS
PROPERTIES dialog box appears i)
This consists of three sections: EVENTS,
SOUND, and SCHEMES (1)
The EVENTS section indicates the event (action) that has to happen in
order to hear a WAV (sound) file (a)
For example, every time you “EXIT” Windows, you hear a sound (if you
are still set to default sounds) and can change that to a different sound or
select no sound (b)
A yellow speaker icon next to an EVENT indicates a sound is associated
with that EVENT (2)
In the SOUND section, it displays the name of the WAV (sound) file that
will be played (a)
Make sure you have selected an EVENT with a yellow speaker icon next to
it (b)
Listed under NAME is the name of the WAV (sound) file selected for that
chosen EVENT (c)
To listen to it, click on the right-triangle to the right of the PREVIEW:
icon and the WAV (sound) file can be heard (d)
To see the location (sub-folder) of the WAV (sound) file, click on BROWSE
and the BROWSE...SOUND dialog box will appear (e)
For example, if you want to change the sound associated with EXIT WINDOWS (i)
In the EVENTS section, scroll down to locate EXIT WINDOWS and click on it
once to select it (ii)
In the SOUND section, click on BROWSE (iii)
It will open up the BROWSE...SOUND dialog box (iv)
You have two choices about selecting a new sound: 1.
To select a default sound: a.
Click once on a WAV (sound) file from the list b.
To preview it, click on the right-triangle to the right of PREVIEW: and
the sound will play, or 2.
To select a sound from a different location: a.
Select the drive to browse from the 'Look in' drop-down list. b.
Select the folder to look in (from the middle of the BROWSE…SOUND
dialog box). c.
Click once on the WAV (sound) file you want to select d.
To preview it, click on the right-triangle to the right of PREVIEW: and
the sound will play (v)
Select a different WAV (sound) file (vi)
You now have three more options: 1.
If you want to use the selected WAV (sound) file for this EVENT, click on
OK 2.
If you want to chose a different WAV (sound) file, select it – then
click on OK, or 3.
Click CANCEL to keep what you started with (vii)
Click on OK to accept the newly selected WAV (sound) file (viii)
You are now returned to the SOUNDS PROPERTIES dialog box (3)
In the Schemes section, you can select a pre-made SCHEME or create your
own (a)
To create your own SCHEME (i)
Click on SAVE AS (ii)
Type in your name (a SCHEME can be any name) (iii)
Click OK (b)
You have just created your OWN SCHEME (c)
If you make any changes and need to update your personal SCHEME (i)
Click on SAVE AS (ii)
It will display your named SCHEME (iii)
Click on OK (iv)
It will prompt to overwrite your new SCHEME
***
NOTE *** NEVER
OVERWRITE a PRE-MADE scheme, you will not be able to get it back easily! (v)
Click on YES (vi)
You've now saved your changes (d)
If you want to select a different SCHEME (i)
Click on the down-triangle to the right of the SCHEME NAME and it will
display a list of available SCHEMES (ii)
Click on the SCHEME you want to use and it will be selected ________________________________
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