Quiet system sounds in Vi

(second stab at this seeing the forum lost my original post!)?I am running Vista Ultimate with the latest X-Fi drivers available on the site.
The sounds that come out of applications like Media Centre, Media Player, DVD, etc etc are fine but the system sounds are quiet. I know the system sounds can be louder as I was using a Dell Laptop with Vista and the sounds needed to be turnned down. I have set all sliders up to full wherever I can find them but still, the system sounds are not as loud as I would like, any advice?

Don't think so.
Mind you, I have noticed system sounds turning up in xfce-look.org lately, so maybe it's in development. Or it's just accidental cross-posting from gnome-look.org; that happens a lot with wallpapers and stuff.
Edit:
Just had a brainwave. You could get a login sound by addding something like the play command from SoX to "Autostarted Applications" with an appropriate soundfile. Otherwise, Xfce is silent, I'm afraid.
Last edited by dunc (2007-07-29 01:43:36)

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