Sounds: Adding Sounds to Windows.

Adding Sounds to Microsoft Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98

You might want to print out these guidelines if you are not familiar with adding or changing sounds on your computer.

Disclaimer:

You download and install these sound files at your own risk.
Please note all information is accurate to the best of our knowledge but we take no responsibility for any problems caused by changes you make to your computer settings.
Virus Protection: All the sound files were virus free when they left our computer and should be virus free when they reach you, but it should be normal practice for everyone to virus scan everything they download from the web just to protect your computer.

 

 

The following basic information should be enough to set up sound files on your computer. However, if you encounter any problems, you might want to check the Windows 'help' files for more information.

 

Windows 3.1

Download the Wav files into the 'Windows' directory. (Normally C:\Windows)

From the 'Main' screen, (or from the 'Windows' menu in tool bar of the 'Program Manager' screen, select 'Main'.)
Double click on the 'Control Panel' icon
Double Click on the 'Sound' icon
A display box will appear.
The box on the right shows the sound files available. Your downloaded sounds should appear here. Change to the correct directory if the sound files do not appear.
The box on the left shows the Windows 'Events' that can have a sound attached to them. Make your selection by clicking to highlight an event on the left and then selecting a sound file from the right to go with that event.
Ensure that the 'Enable System Sounds' box is checked and then click on 'OK' when you have finished making you selections.

Windows 95 & 98

Download the Wav files into the 'Windows\Media' directory. (Normally C:\Windows\Media) If no media subdirectory, load into the Windows directory.

Click on 'Start' and select 'Settings'and then select 'control panel',
From 'Control Panel' select 'Sounds'.
A display box will appear.
In the 'Events' window, select the action you want to change the sound of. You can preview the sound in the 'Preview' area to hear what sound is currently being used.
In the 'Sound' section, browse for the sound you want to apply to the 'Even' you highlighted in the 'Events' window. Move to the Windows/Media directory if it doesn't automatically open there, (or to the directory you saved your Wav files in.) You can test your new sound selection in the 'Preview' area.
If you wish you can save your new sound scheme in the 'Schemes' window. Just give it a name and click on 'Select as..'

Click OK when you are happy with all your changes.