Shoutbox

well, they are all checked, when I go to options, then general, then alerts (meldingen--> i guess it is what you call alerts) and there are 4 boxes, they are all checked....

then i really have no idea what is wrong with your msn.... does ur sound work on other programs? (i know it might sound stupid but the only other problem i see is maybe ur sound as a whole doesnt work...)

yes I can listen all the music I want, so that won't be the problem. I've downloaded the sounds, I've finally found them at mess.be but I don't know yet how I can use them, but i'll find out.. thanx!

Do you happen to have your status on MSN set to 'busy'?

Hmmm true that it turns sounds off but i doubt he would always be busy... seems like he never gets sounds

To hear sounds your status needs to be set to Online, unless you specify Plus! to play sounds when your status is busy. But that will pnly play the Plus! notification sound when your status is busy not the MSN Messenger Ones.
Secondly in a chat conversation type in /sconfig
Try changing the MPEG Codec used to play the sounds.
I have mine using MPEG1 and it works fine.

I'm thinking that MSN and Plus! might be set to the wrong sound output device.