Scott, check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Select S and scroll to Sounds.
"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Out of the blue, my Win XP Pro machine stopped playing system sounds. The
> volume control icon no longer appears in the system tray and the "play"
> button is greyed out when I go to Control Panel>>Sounds.. CD and .WAV
> audio
> plays fine with Quicktime and Windows Media Player. I've tried
> reinstalling
> the sound driver but the problem still exists. Any ideas?