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I'm using Windows 10 and Windows 11 on my computers and I use notification sounds because I'm often using a full screen obscuring three tabs I also have open.
I have the same notification sounds on my Win 11 computer as on my Win 10 laptop.
The laptop sound when an email arrives is perfect on the laptop but on the Win11 desktop there's a tone before half of the notification sound. Very occasionally if an email has just arrived and another comes shortly after the notification sound is perfect but sometimes when the second arrives there's no sound at all.
I've tried all sorts of alterations to the sounds settings but can't "fix" it.
Has anyone got any ideas please?
I've picked "settings" but would "Desktop, start and personalization" be more appropriate?
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I think there's a bug in the sounds from what I've read. I'll put up with the sound I've got now.
We tried every possible fix for your problem. It's a small notifications glitch.
Thank you but I don't feel inclined to mess about with the install as it seems everything works OK except the notification sounds and since I changed the sound, although it's not perfect, it's better than it was.
I'd also looked over some sites but found no-one with any personal experience relating to or fixing my actual "problem".
That's a general checklist to go over Windows so you know the underlying quality of your install, which is what matters most in WIndows 10 and 11.
If you don't want to go over it then that's fine. It was just a last resort system integrity check.
