Article ID: 200240 - Last Review: January 23, 2007 - Revision: 3.1

Background Sound Plays While Sounds Are Disabled

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SYMPTOMS

When you view a Web page, a background sound may be played, even if you have configured Internet Explorer to not play sounds.
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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Web page uses the following Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) source code to play the background sound 
<embed src="file name">
where file name is the name of the embedded sound file.
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RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, reduce the volume setting on your speakers, or turn them off.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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kbprb kbsound kbui KB200240
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