No sounds at all! My MSN messenger has gone dumb..

[zelda4555]

I have the same exact problem... but I can't find 6.1 anywhere to download it!!!

[fiebs101]

quote:I have the same exact problem... but I can't find 6.1 anywhere to download it!!!

Hey zelda4555. Try this this here for downloading MSN Messenger 6.1. Its the 6.1.0211 version.
http://members.lycos.nl/mrbob87/

Hope it works out for ya!

[zelda4555]

quote:Originally posted by fiebs101

Hey zelda4555. Try this this here for downloading MSN Messenger 6.1. Its the 6.1.0211 version.
http://members.lycos.nl/mrbob87/

Hope it works out for ya!

I clicked on it and downloaded it but for some reason it downloaded 6.2

[detn8r]

If the link provided leads to the incorrect version, you can grab it here.

[912]

I had the same problem on my college computer. It has windows 2000 pro, I didnt know what was up the sound files were in their place and all. but then I found out the one on http://messenger.msn.com was only for windows xp, as I have been told. so the fix was to download the one for your Operating Sytem here is the link for what version you want:

http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/

Cheers

[meinzi]

Hello I had same problem with version 6.2

And I found out that there are no sound defined.
Go to messenger Tools- options- General
and there You see Play sounds. Then press button Sounds
And scroll down to MSN Messenger
there you should see 4 entries for messenger
If there are no entries you have same problem than I had.
If somebody needs to resolve this send me a mail

Klaus

[peggs]

You are missing some registry entries...

In:
KEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_Con tactOnline the 'data' entry should read 'Contact Online' (you should find that it is blank).

In:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR
add:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_ContactOnline\.current

and set the data value to (say) ringin.wav


That should get that first sound going (and it will now appear in the 'sounds and multimedia' section of start>settings>control panel. You should be able to work out the rest for yourself (if you shouldn't then you SHOULDN'T be playing with the registry!)

Hope this helps.

pm.

[ventech]

MSN Messenger 6.2 doesn't install all the registry keys required under MS-Windows 2000. To solve this problem follow this 3 single steps that actually worked in my PC

1. Copy the blue text below and save it in your pc as a plain text file with .reg extension, e.g. msnsounds.reg (there must be a blank line after each line in the .reg file, including one blank line after the last "[HKEY.... " line)

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_Co ntactOnline]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_Ne wAlert]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_Ne wMail]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_Ne wMessage]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\MSNMSGR_In comingRing]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_ContactOnline\.Current]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_NewAlert\.Current]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_NewMail\.Current]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_NewMessage\.Current]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\MSNMSGR\M SNMSGR_IncomingRing\.Current]

2. Locate the msnsounds.reg file that you just created using Windows Explorer and double click on it to run it. It will add the missing events keys to your windows registry.

3. Open the Control Panel, activate the Sounds option, locate the MSN Messenger events and add the desired sound to each one of them (you can also leave some events with no sound).

Any comments will be welcome.

[fiebs101]

hey streetcat,

how bout we just stick to your new thread for askin the exact same question, instead of asking it in different places. Many people have problems and we try to help everyone, all we ask for is patience. It is unnecissary to ask a question in one thread and a few minutes later go create a new thread. So we can now just stick with your thread to answer your questions. Thanks a lot!

http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/to...TOPIC_ID=11643

[Luc]

Hi Ventech,

Thanks for publishing the adjustments to the Windows 2000 registry. I did exactly as you explained in your message and it worked. There is however a small problem. I try to explain.
When I first opened Messenger options there were no entries un Messenger for assigning sounds. Now there is a space between Messenger and the next event that can use sounds. This space is exactly 5 lines high, but there is no text. I can click on each line though and then assign a soundfile. The problem is that I cannot see to which event I assign which sound file. Do you have any idea what may be the cause of this?
I use bothe W2k and Messenger in Dutch.
Thanks,
Luc