Choose a Sound Scheme

You can choose a sound scheme to assign to many program events in Windows XP. Every sound scheme consists of a set of events and sounds associated with them. You can also create a new sound scheme. Sound schemes can benefit people who rely on sounds to get information from their computers including people who are blind or have other vision impairments. This procedure tells you how to choose a sound scheme through Sounds and Audio Devices Properties in Control Panel.

Mouse actionsKeyboard actions
1 On the Start menu:
  • Select Control Panel
Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key Windows logo key).
  • Select Control Panel by pressing C.
2 In Control Panel:
  • Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
  • If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
  • Select Sounds and Audio Devices.
 In Control Panel:
  • Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
  • If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
  • Press ENTER.
  • Move to Sounds and Audio Devices by pressing the arrow keys.
  • Press ENTER.
3 In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box:
  • Select the Sounds tab.
 In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box:
  • Move to the Sounds tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.
4 On the Sounds tab:
  • Select the sound scheme you want.
  • Select OK.
 On the Sounds tab:
  • Move to Sound scheme by pressing ALT+C.
  • Select the sound scheme you want by pressing the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys.
  • Press ENTER.
5 To close Control Panel:
  • Select the Close button.
 To close Control Panel:
  • Press ALT+F, C.

Control Panel: Sounds tab: Sound scheme

Control Panel: Sounds tab: Sound scheme