Play sounds in web pages

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows 2003 Service Pack 1

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Value name: Play_Background_Sounds

Enabled: Play_Background_Sounds = yes

Disabled: Play_Background_Sounds = no

Description

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will play sounds found in web content. Generally only sound files such as MIDI files are affected by this setting; active Web content such as java applets are not. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play sounds found in Web content. If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will not play or download sounds in Web content, helping pages display more quickly. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play sounds found in Web content.