re: Question about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker'
Monday, May 8, 2006 at 7:52 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Guitaristachino
(1 messages posted)
Thaks for all the postings. I lived with this big annoyance for a few years. After
checking the appropriate mute spkr box, the beep still came up loudly!!! I finally
found a simple workaround by doing the following:
-Go to Start, Programs, Entertainment, Sound Recorder.
-Recording a second of sound file (e.g. naming it "DefaultSilence") and save it in
the WAV format in the C:\Windows\Media folder.
-Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Click on Mute Speakers
if you wish.
-On the same screen, click on the Sounds tab, Select No Sounds, scroll down in the
Windws Events to find Default Beep.
-Highlight Default Beep, click on Browse button below the Windows Events box, go
to C:\Windows\Media, Select "DefaultSilence".
-If you wish, you can save the new scheme by clicking on Sound Scheme and saving
it under a new name.
-Go to the Volume Controls and test it. The beep has been replaced by the recorded
silence.
Microsoft should remove the beep from the Volume Controls.
>
On Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 2:11 pm, Fester wrote:
>
>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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