runtime: System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play fails silently on Windows Server 2022 20348

Description

Attempting to emit a beep via System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play fails silently on Windows Server 2022 20348.xxx. (The underlying user32!MessageBeep(0) also fails but because there’s no monitored location to file OS bugs at this time and this issue impacts .NET, I’m filing this here.)

Affects .NET Framework 4.x and .NET 5+ (via System.Windows.Extensions.SystemSounds).

Original report https://github.com/File-New-Project/EarTrumpet/issues/1210.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a new C# .NET 5+ console project with top-level statement support

2. Paste in the following code, replacing any existing templated code

   Console.WriteLine("Beep.");
   System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play();
   

3. Compile/run app on affected OS version

4. Observe no sound emitted

Expected behavior

Beep.

Actual behavior

No beep.

Regression?

No response

Known Workarounds

No response

Configuration

Tested, not working: Windows Server 2022 20348.261 Windows Server 2022 20348.887

Tested, working: Windows 11 22000.739 Windows 11 25188.1000

Other information

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