re: Stop beep in volume control
Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 2:35 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tony Eastwood
(3 messages posted)
Just for clarification.
Normally (with windows sounds enabled) the 'beep' you get as you move the slider
is proportional to the selected volume; and hence is quite useful.
You only get the very very loud beep (at a constant level - not proportional to volume
control) if you choose to suppress all windows system sounds using 'control panel|sounds|No
sounds'.
It is bad that the system behaves like this. Especially if, like me, you sometimes
use studio quality monitor headphones. With these the sound level of the beep (maybe
40db above the normal output volume level!) is quite dangerous - in time you could
easily damage your hearing.
The suggested fix (method3) works very well - it is pity it is not the default.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 11:42 pm, Paul Buisman wrote:
>I have found the easiest way to turn off the annoying system beep in Windows XP
when
>adjusting the volume, is to use method 3, as suggested by fester here
>
>By following the following steps, you can turn off the beep without having to reboot.
>
>The steps are;
>1. Right-click on My Computer
>2. On the Hardware tab, click on [Device Manager]
>3. On the "View" menu, select "Show hidden devices"
>4. Under "Non-Plug and Play Drivers", right-click "Beep"
>5. Click "Disable"
>6. Answer [Yes] when asked if you really want to disable it
>7. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot
>8. Right-click "Beep" again.
>9. Click "Properties"
>10. On the "Driver" tab, set the Startup type to Disabled
>11. Click [Stop]
>12. Click [OK]
>13. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot
>
>
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