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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: classic weirdness...
Message-ID: <1990Dec8.222507.6226@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 90 22:25:07 GMT
References: <22050@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <22050@well.sf.ca.us> djb@well.sf.ca.us (David Jospeh Brightbill) writes:
>[...] The
>machine has two problems.  The first is that it lost it's sounds.  When you
>choose the sound cdev, no matter which of the four sounds you choose, you
>get a beep.

Well, I've only ever seen this happen for two reasons. Your system is somehow 
having trouble accessing the resource containing the sound you want to play.
This could be because the resource is bad (which I suspect is not the case 
since the Contol Panel cat get at its name) or you don't have enough memory to
load the sound.

So, I suppose the important questions to ask here are: just how many INITS are
you running, and are you running MultiFinder? If so, you may try pearing down
(kill some useless INITS or shut off MultiFinder) and try using the Sound
CDEV. Very likely, it's memory that's causing the problem.

In case you're not sure, try rebuilding your system files using the Installer.
This should at least ensure the sounds in the System file are good.

>[...] The other problem is that the icon for word has turned generic.
>Anybody got a suggestion?

Just rebuild your desktop. Hold down option and command when starting up 
(with MultiFinder) or after quitting an application (in just Finder). This may
have been caused by the removal of the WDEF, which I understand lives in the
Desktop file (where the icons for Finder come from).

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