Policy

Prevent changing sounds

Prevents users from changing the sound scheme. By default, users can use the Sounds tab in the Sound Control Panel to add, remove, or change the system Sound Scheme. If you enable this setting, none of the Sound Scheme settings can be changed by the user.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Control Panel / Personalization
Policy ID fccc2347ccbd
Internal name CPL_Personalization_NoSoundSchemeUI

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoChangingSoundScheme (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoChangingSoundScheme (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents users from changing the sound scheme. By default, users can use the Sounds tab in the Sound Control Panel to add, remove, or change the system Sound Scheme. If you enable this setting, none of the Sound Scheme settings can be changed by the user.

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