# Event missing from my Events list - "Default Sound"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/event-missing-from-my-events-list-default-sound/102136>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/event-missing-from-my-events-list-default-sound/102136 "2002-04-06T04:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maryellen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Maryellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maryellen)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/event-missing-from-my-events-list-default-sound/102136/1 "2002-04-06T04:44:07Z")

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I have Windows 98 SE. This week I changed the Startup and Shutdown sounds, and tonight I realized I haven’t been hearing the “ding” sound when I change my volume control. I believe volume control comes under the “Default Sound”. I opened the Sounds list, (in the Control Panel) and “Default Sound” (under Windows) is not even there anymore. I figured I must have done something by mistake, so I went back to all the original sounds and rebooted, but no luck. Since the entry doesn’t exist on the list I can’t associate any sound at all with it. If I go to another user’s screen, I **do** see Default Sound in the Events list, it’s just not there on the list on **my** screen. Does anyone know how to restore this?