I have a piece of software that relies on the calling a windows beep in order to alert that there is an incoming alarm. However there is no sound made. I also noticed that where Windows would usually play this sound. i.e., clicking on a background window with a popup window in front, or hitting an invalid key. It is not making any sound
I have checked the sounds to make sure they are enabled. I have checked the Beep in the hidden devices section of the device manager it is running. I have checked the registry keys
The last thing I found was a task under \Microsoft\Windows\Multimedia\SystemSoundsService. I notice that it is not running on my workstation as it is on my laptop. The task says "Ready" on the workstation and says "Running" on my laptop. I dont see any logs about any failures.