Background Sound Plays While Sounds Are Disabled (200240)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q200240

SYMPTOMS

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

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.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, reduce the volume setting on your speakers, or turn them off.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/8/2003
Keywords:kbprb kbsound kbui KB200240
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