Newbie Question on PlaySound

[OneDay at A.Time]

Hello,

Thanks for the response on the screen saver issue. (You don'y know unless you 
ask)

Anyhow, Could someone tell me why the following plays the windows default 
sound file rather than the sound file indicated?

>>>> from winsound import *
>>>> import os
>>>> file = open("C:\\windows\\media\\office97\\reminder.wav", 'r')
>>>> x = file.read()
>>>> PlaySound(x, SND_FILENAME)
>>>> 

Thanks for your time and patience, Al