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Disable playing sounds in Web pages.

This tweak lets you disable playing of sounds in Web pages.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Surfing a page takes time if it has sounds, pictures and videos also. If your Internet connection is slow then you may want to disable playing sounds on Web pages when online.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the String value “Play_Background_Sounds”, in the right panel, to “no” which can disable playing sound. However, if you want to revert to the original state, change the value data to “0”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Disable Play Sounds in Web Pages .reg

The '.reg' file can disable playing sounds on Web pages.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Play_Background_Sounds

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

yes

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Option to 'Play Sounds in Web Pages' is disabled.

Option to 'Play Sounds in Web Pages' is enabled by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\] and right click on the String value 'Play_Background_Sounds' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as 'no' and click 'OK'.