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The 'Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1' build slave I set up keeps bombing out on test_winsound:
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FAIL: test_alias_nofallback (test.test_winsound.PlaySoundTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "E:\Data\buildslave\cpython2円.7.snakebite-win2k3r2sp2-x86\build\lib\test\test_winsound.py", line 199, in test_alias_nofallback
 '!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS | winsound.SND_NODEFAULT
AssertionError: RuntimeError not raised
Raising this as a placeholder until I can look into it in more detail.

Copy of the test:
 def test_alias_nofallback(self):
 if _have_soundcard():
 # Note that this is not the same as asserting RuntimeError
 # will get raised: you cannot convert this to
 # self.assertRaises(...) form. The attempt may or may not
 # raise RuntimeError, but it shouldn't raise anything other
 # than RuntimeError, and that's all we're trying to test
 # here. The MS docs aren't clear about whether the SDK
 # PlaySound() with SND_ALIAS and SND_NODEFAULT will return
 # True or False when the alias is unknown. On Tim's WinXP
 # box today, it returns True (no exception is raised). What
 # we'd really like to test is that no sound is played, but
 # that requires first wiring an eardrum class into unittest
 # <wink>.
 try:
 winsound.PlaySound(
 '!"$%&/(#+*',
 winsound.SND_ALIAS | winsound.SND_NODEFAULT
 )
 except RuntimeError:
 pass
 else:
 self.assertRaises( <~~~~ HERE
 RuntimeError,
 winsound.PlaySound,
 '!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS | winsound.SND_NODEFAULT
 )
So according to Lib/test/check_soundcard.vbs, the buildbot has no soundcard. Is this correct?

Affirmative:
E:\Apps\activestate-python-2.7.2.5-x86>python
ActivePython 2.7.2.5 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 24 2011, 12:21:10) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import test.test_winsound
>>> test.test_winsound._have_soundcard()
False
>>> import winsound
>>> winsound.PlaySound('!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS | winsound.SND_NODEFAULT)
>>>
No exception raised. (No sound is played, either, FWIW.)
I like the approach taken by the method before test_alias_nofallback():
 def test_alias_fallback(self):
 # This test can't be expected to work on all systems. The MS
 # PlaySound() docs say:
 #
 # If it cannot find the specified sound, PlaySound uses the
 # default system event sound entry instead. If the function
 # can find neither the system default entry nor the default
 # sound, it makes no sound and returns FALSE.
 #
 # It's known to return FALSE on some real systems.
 # winsound.PlaySound('!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS)
 return
I suspect that'll solve all our problems ;-)

We avoided this by adding -u-audio to the affected slave.