re: Question about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker'
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Fester
(1 messages posted)
Same problem here and I've been hunting all over the web for a fix.
My PC used to beep real loudly (no pleasant ding.wav or anything, just a raw system
beep) at every dialog box and system prompt XP through at me.
I found some interesting work-arounds here: http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2004-02/0710.html
I tried number 1 on that page, but it still beeped so I changed it back. The I tried
fix 2, but the value were as they were supposed to be. Fix 3 finally worked for me
and not only did I get rid of the horrible evil loud beep, but the proper sound scheme
worked again (ie ding.wav and others)
Just in case the link goes down, here are the fixes that were listed:
1. Run regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\ . In the entry "beep",
replace the "yes" entries with "no" .
2. The previous solutions (NB: regarding fix for some missing keys) didn't work for
me since I do have the correct keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents. I found that
the data at the root of HKEY_CURRENT_USER had been nulled, instead of "value not
set" there was nothing. The solution is to delete the string - windows will rebuild
the correct one instantly and your sounds should be restored. It worked for my system.
Before: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ
After: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
3. No need to edit the registry. Just open the Device Manager, select View -> Show
Hidden Devices, and disable "Beep" under "Non-Plug and Play Drivers". It works on
my Windows XP, and turns off even the speaker on my motherboard, which I cannot just
unplug.
4. If you have PictureShow 2 and your problem with the sound events started after
installation go to http://www.ulead.com/tech/dps/dps_ftp.htm to download a patch
that will fix this issue.
5. Install and run Tweakui (part of Powertoys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp).
Under the General tab, unchecking Beep on Errors should get rid of many system events
sounds, and does not restore the default Windows sounds.
PS> I also read on a few sites that the culprit was Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus.
I used to have SystemWorks installed which may have been the cause of it.
Hope everyone one has as much luck as I did :)
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