On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:

> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click once
> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right (standard
> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button (and
> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>
Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
I'm still wondering what program is doing this.

> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you to
> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the affected
> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before performing the
> change.....just to be safe.

I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.

thanks
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Click the play button. Open your eyes.

for /r c:\ %A in (*.wav) do Start "" /w sndrec32 "%A" /play /close

Type above in command prompt. It will play each sound one by one on your computer. Look at the file name when you here a cannon.

In case it is called cannon did you search for that word.

dir c:\cannon*.* /a /s
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"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote in message news:4ju5l1t34rhisqc1kodc5a2nb2i774u248@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>
>> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click once
>> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
>> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
>> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right (standard
>> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button (and
>> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
>> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>>
> Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
> something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
> ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
> I'm still wondering what program is doing this.
>
>> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you to
>> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the affected
>> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
>> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before performing the
>> change.....just to be safe.
>
> I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.
>
> thanks
>>
>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Click the play button. Open your eyes.
>

Although, not the one with the "cannon", I am still amazed at your answer,
Mr. Candy. Excuse this as being OT, but, I was trying to figure out the
command line parameters you posted. Have searched various MS sites and
Google hits re: cmd line parameters. Some I know, some are obvious and some
are Greek.....where would one go to find the Greek translations?
(i.e. /r %A) I don't remember those from the old DOS 3.2 days. Thanks
for any response...........
Heirloom, old and detail oriented

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
news:OUojjsr0FHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
for /r c:\ %A in (*.wav) do Start "" /w sndrec32 "%A" /play /close

Type above in command prompt. It will play each sound one by one on your
computer. Look at the file name when you here a cannon.

In case it is called cannon did you search for that word.

dir c:\cannon*.* /a /s
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"sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:4ju5l1t34rhisqc1kodc5a2nb2i774u248@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>
>> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click
>> once
>> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
>> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
>> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right (standard
>> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button
>> (and
>> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
>> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>>
> Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
> something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
> ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
> I'm still wondering what program is doing this.
>
>> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you
>> to
>> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the
>> affected
>> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
>> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before performing
>> the
>> change.....just to be safe.
>
> I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.
>
> thanks
>>
>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Click the play button. Open your eyes.
>

The /r part of For is NT specific. Not in Dos/9.x's For. Type For in Help.

SndRec32 /play /close has been around since 95 at least.

Start again has slight differences from 9.x. Especially the empty quotes (big trap for 9x people on NT). Type Start in help. I need start to stop all the wave files playing at the same time which makes the computer very slow. Unlike 9x Start is an internal command rather than a external command (ie program) in NT based systems.

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"Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message news:OJMlSEs0FHA.1264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Although, not the one with the "cannon", I am still amazed at your answer,
> Mr. Candy. Excuse this as being OT, but, I was trying to figure out the
> command line parameters you posted. Have searched various MS sites and
> Google hits re: cmd line parameters. Some I know, some are obvious and some
> are Greek.....where would one go to find the Greek translations?
> (i.e. /r %A) I don't remember those from the old DOS 3.2 days. Thanks
> for any response...........
> Heirloom, old and detail oriented
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:OUojjsr0FHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> for /r c:\ %A in (*.wav) do Start "" /w sndrec32 "%A" /play /close
>
> Type above in command prompt. It will play each sound one by one on your
> computer. Look at the file name when you here a cannon.
>
> In case it is called cannon did you search for that word.
>
> dir c:\cannon*.* /a /s
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <img src=http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/430terrorfile.gif>
> =================================================
> "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:4ju5l1t34rhisqc1kodc5a2nb2i774u248@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>>
>>> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click
>>> once
>>> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
>>> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
>>> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right (standard
>>> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button
>>> (and
>>> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
>>> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>>>
>> Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
>> something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
>> ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
>> I'm still wondering what program is doing this.
>>
>>> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you
>>> to
>>> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the
>>> affected
>>> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
>>> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before performing
>>> the
>>> change.....just to be safe.
>>
>> I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.
>>
>> thanks
>>>
>>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>>> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Click the play button. Open your eyes.
>>
>
>

Thanks David......I had already looked at the "Help" in the cmd line,
however, it deals with specific commands only. I was looking for details
on the items like the '/r' and '%A' and so on.......
The reason for my interest is that I believe a lot could be done from the
command line ( I do some things now), if I knew more about it. BTW, did
you relinquish your MVP status?? Doesn't lessen my respect for your
knowledge, just wondering.
Heirloom, old and needs to be more commanding


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
news:%238e63Ks0FHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
The /r part of For is NT specific. Not in Dos/9.x's For. Type For in Help.

SndRec32 /play /close has been around since 95 at least.

Start again has slight differences from 9.x. Especially the empty quotes
(big trap for 9x people on NT). Type Start in help. I need start to stop all
the wave files playing at the same time which makes the computer very slow.
Unlike 9x Start is an internal command rather than a external command (ie
program) in NT based systems.

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"Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message
news:OJMlSEs0FHA.1264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Although, not the one with the "cannon", I am still amazed at your answer,
> Mr. Candy. Excuse this as being OT, but, I was trying to figure out the
> command line parameters you posted. Have searched various MS sites and
> Google hits re: cmd line parameters. Some I know, some are obvious and
> some
> are Greek.....where would one go to find the Greek translations?
> (i.e. /r %A) I don't remember those from the old DOS 3.2 days. Thanks
> for any response...........
> Heirloom, old and detail oriented
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:OUojjsr0FHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> for /r c:\ %A in (*.wav) do Start "" /w sndrec32 "%A" /play /close
>
> Type above in command prompt. It will play each sound one by one on your
> computer. Look at the file name when you here a cannon.
>
> In case it is called cannon did you search for that word.
>
> dir c:\cannon*.* /a /s
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <img src=http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/430terrorfile.gif>
> =================================================
> "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:4ju5l1t34rhisqc1kodc5a2nb2i774u248@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>>
>>> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click
>>> once
>>> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
>>> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
>>> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right
>>> (standard
>>> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button
>>> (and
>>> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
>>> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>>>
>> Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
>> something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
>> ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
>> I'm still wondering what program is doing this.
>>
>>> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you
>>> to
>>> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the
>>> affected
>>> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
>>> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before
>>> performing
>>> the
>>> change.....just to be safe.
>>
>> I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.
>>
>> thanks
>>>
>>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>>> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Click the play button. Open your eyes.
>>
>
>

I lost it in 1998. Then I posted under another name and won it for someone else's resume (it took two years), though in subsequent years they won it with their own efforts. I was a Word MVP.

For does show the /r in both /? help and Help and Support. For /?
/r is part of For and so is %A (if typing) and %%A (if used in a batch file).

Also see Set, Command Shell Overview, Cmd, Call and always look at the Related Topics link.
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"Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message news:Ok$L6Ys0FHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks David......I had already looked at the "Help" in the cmd line,
> however, it deals with specific commands only. I was looking for details
> on the items like the '/r' and '%A' and so on.......
> The reason for my interest is that I believe a lot could be done from the
> command line ( I do some things now), if I knew more about it. BTW, did
> you relinquish your MVP status?? Doesn't lessen my respect for your
> knowledge, just wondering.
> Heirloom, old and needs to be more commanding
>
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:%238e63Ks0FHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> The /r part of For is NT specific. Not in Dos/9.x's For. Type For in Help.
>
> SndRec32 /play /close has been around since 95 at least.
>
> Start again has slight differences from 9.x. Especially the empty quotes
> (big trap for 9x people on NT). Type Start in help. I need start to stop all
> the wave files playing at the same time which makes the computer very slow.
> Unlike 9x Start is an internal command rather than a external command (ie
> program) in NT based systems.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <img src=http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/430terrorfile.gif>
> =================================================
> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message
> news:OJMlSEs0FHA.1264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Although, not the one with the "cannon", I am still amazed at your answer,
>> Mr. Candy. Excuse this as being OT, but, I was trying to figure out the
>> command line parameters you posted. Have searched various MS sites and
>> Google hits re: cmd line parameters. Some I know, some are obvious and
>> some
>> are Greek.....where would one go to find the Greek translations?
>> (i.e. /r %A) I don't remember those from the old DOS 3.2 days. Thanks
>> for any response...........
>> Heirloom, old and detail oriented
>>
>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>> news:OUojjsr0FHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> for /r c:\ %A in (*.wav) do Start "" /w sndrec32 "%A" /play /close
>>
>> Type above in command prompt. It will play each sound one by one on your
>> computer. Look at the file name when you here a cannon.
>>
>> In case it is called cannon did you search for that word.
>>
>> dir c:\cannon*.* /a /s
>> --
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> <img src=http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/430terrorfile.gif>
>> =================================================
>> "sf" <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:4ju5l1t34rhisqc1kodc5a2nb2i774u248@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:38:56 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>>>
>>>> Once you are in the Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, left click
>>>> once
>>>> on the desired event, the 'sounds' window just below, will display the
>>>> assigned sound.........to the right of the sound file path will be the
>>>> 'play' button marked with a solid 'arrow head' pointing right
>>>> (standard
>>>> play button icon). If you hover your mouse pointer over the button
>>>> (and
>>>> don't have the feature turned off) you will see a message box that says
>>>> "play sound." Simply left click the play button.
>>>>
>>> Found it, sorry for being so dense. I thought that arrow had
>>> something to do with the "browse" button. Sheesh. Anyway, I sampled
>>> ALL the sounds and none of them is even close to a cannon/bomb. So,
>>> I'm still wondering what program is doing this.
>>>
>>>> Re: the error message, my assumption would be that it is asking for you
>>>> to
>>>> "insert your original installation disk" so that it can copy the
>>>> affected
>>>> files. However, not knowing what files and versions are going to be
>>>> replaced.....I would recommend setting a restore point before
>>>> performing
>>>> the
>>>> change.....just to be safe.
>>>
>>> I turned off the computer and it seems none the worse for wear today.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
>>>> news:ekrMn9j0FHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Click the play button. Open your eyes.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:49:43 -0400, Husky wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:23:50 -0700, sf <see_reply_address@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> >This computer came with Media Center on it, but I had an earlier
> >version of windows installed (legally) over 6 months ago so I could
> >still have my beloved office toolbar. There was no problem up to now,
> >so I don't think I have a conflict.
> >
> >However, I still have the cannon sound.. I don't know how to play
> >sounds in sounds/audio devices properties and I don't know what CD the
> >computer wants me to insert at this point... so I'm at an impass.
> >
> >TIA
> Now there's some info to go on. You've picked up something nasty from the web.
> Replace your virus software, it didn't work.
>
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ <- Let trend micro do a house call and clean
> your machine FREE.
>
Thanks, before I posted I ran a scan with Ewido security suite and it
came up with some nasties (but no viruses)... which were deleted, but
the cannon/bomb sounds continued. Today, I ran eTrust and Panda...
they didn't find any viruses. So I ran AdAware which found two groups
of nasties. Then I ran Trend's spyware remover which found 2 more...
go.com was one of them, but I can't find any information on it.... so
is go.com a red herring to sell the program? After that I ran Trend
which came up with 4 low level cookies. That's it.

> Once you've cleaned the machine, then if the cannons still there you can use
> the sounds section and listen to each sound connected to a command. the listen
> button is square with an arrow on it normally and to the left of the browse
> button.
>
> And replace or use your virus software.

Thanks, but I think my antivirus is fine. I need to run adware
finders more often though.