"DarkkX" <DarkkX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6232C4E0-1728-4261-BD83-A0FED935EEAF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> This may or may not sound crazy, but ever since I started using Windows
> Vista
> I keep hearing a purring sound every now and then.
>
> I'll explain to the best of my ability.
>
> Windows Vista () will play a sound file of a cat purring at random.
> Normally, I can figure out what I'm doing that makes a sound file go off,
> but
> this time I can't. I'm NEVER -- and I do mean absolutely NEVER -- doing
> the
> same thing when the file plays. Sometimes, when I've just left the
> computer
> sitting, it'll play the sound file as well.
>
> I have searched my hard drive for any and all sound files and played
> through
> each and every one of them, but to no avail. I just can't seem to find
> where
> it's originating from. I even went so far as to open up the Windows sound
> file themes (or whatever you'd like to call them) and listened to all the
> files that were there too. Still, NOTHING!
>
> I'd appreciate any help anyone can give. I normally get around to this
> forum/discussion/group close to never -- I usually don't have any problems
> at
> all, but this is just annoying me.[/color]

Do you have a sound scheme in place other than the default one? Perhaps it
is configured to play the purring sound when a program starts or some other
frequently occurring event. I would also look at a spyware detector and see
if something is lurking around that shouldn't be there.
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> If you have any advice, help, or know what's going on, please email me at
>
> [email]DarkkX@Comcast.net[/email][/color]

Nope, this is a newsgroup.

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And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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