It sounds to me like you have lost ONLY a "system event" sound.
Clicking on that Icon is a system event...
Some systems events can be assigned a sound of your choice.
I had sounds for maximizing and minimizing windows, etc...
In Control Panel, look for an Event that has no sound assigned,
or has a sound but the file is missing. (Use the preview button
to test your sounds.)           Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> hi....on my computer, and i'm sure on all others,you can set the volume
> level by clicking the speaker icon in the tray area...when you click the
> slider on the volume control you get a sound which i assume allows one to
> test the "loudness"....                        (but not now...)

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