How to Change System Sounds Scheme in Window 8

Windows 8 allows assigning sounds that will play when certain events occur on your computer. An event can be an action that you perform, such as logging on to your computer, or an action that your computer performs, such as alerting you when you receive new e‑mail. Windows comes with several sound schemes (a collection of related sounds) for common events. Follow the below given step by step procedure to access Windows sound settings.

1. First, from Metro Start screen search option, type: Control panel and press Enter. Than click Control panel. In the control panel items, select Hardware and sound.

2. From hardware and sound list, click and open Change system sounds, which is displayed under the SOUND.

3. Sound settings window pops up will come, where you can see list of options change the sound scheme, select different sounds for Windows events and uncheckPlay Windows Startup sound to disable it.

4. Now to change a system event sound, select and event, here I’ve chosen Program Error from the program event list, now as you can see in the sounds tab, it shows none which means the sound alert for this particular event is not set. To select a sound for this event, click on the dropdown arrow and you have a list of tones, select and then TEST to check if it suits or not, ensure to click on apply and OK for the changes to take effect.

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