Policy

Prevent changing sounds

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Prevent changing sounds
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Control Panel > Personalization
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Prevents users from changing the sound scheme. By default, users can use the Sounds tab in the Sound Control Panel to add, remove, or change the system Sound Scheme. If you enable this setting, none of the Sound Scheme settings can be changed by the user.

Internal name
CPL_Personalization_NoSoundSchemeUI
Policy ID
fccc2347ccbd
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
NoChangingSoundScheme
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
NoChangingSoundScheme
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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