ok get this, i have sound and music set to zero. however, HOWEVER when i play run ctm in windowed mode, sometimes i hear certain sounds, the firing of a bomb, a ship bouncing off a wall, the sound of the exhaust, the sound of a goal, i can hear those sounds even though music and sound are set to zero. now i figured this only happens when i run ctm, and while it's loading i switch to another program, in other words, its not the focused window. get what i mean? if i enter a zone and don't touch anything, leave ctm as my focused window, everything is fine, i get no sound whatsoever. if i enter a zone then switch to excel or IE or whatever while the zone is loading, then when i play i get those certain sounds. i don't know what if what i said is coherent and i don't feel like re-reading it to edit. i hope you get my point. someone fix this, it's irritating!!