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.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main |
| Value Name | Play_Background_Sounds |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Enabled Value | yes |
| Disabled Value | no |