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Alternate method (without disabling hardware beep)
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 11:16 pm
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Posted by Anonymous (1 messages posted)


1. Open Sound Recorder (Start -> Accessories -> Entertainment)
2. Go to File -> Save As, navigate to "C:\WINDOWS\Media" and save it as "blank.wav"
3. Open Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel, go to the Sounds tab
4. Click "Default Beep" and change it to "blank.wav" (should be in the drop-down menu, if not use the Browse button)
5. Click Apply, then click Save As and name your sound scheme (in case you need to change it later)

Now Windows can play silent beeps at you all it wants, and you'll never have to hear it.




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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Stop beep in volume control (Paul Buisman: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 11:42 pm)

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-Stop beep in volume control (Paul Buisman: Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 11:42 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (TekNurd: Wed, Jun 28, 2006, 1:33 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (sk: Mon, Sep 22, 2008, 8:33 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (rgreenway: Mon, Sep 18, 2006, 2:41 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (ST: Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 4:27 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Rich Kurtz: Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 7:52 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (ST: Sat, Oct 28, 2006, 2:34 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Rich Kurtz: Sun, Oct 29, 2006, 5:02 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (bluesxman: Tue, Nov 7, 2006, 3:12 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Rich Kurtz: Tue, Nov 7, 2006, 5:02 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Headphone BEEP caused hearing loss) (J: Mon, Mar 3, 2008, 1:50 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Cour-de-Joie: Wed, Jan 7, 2009, 11:33 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (greg: Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 12:30 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (John Twaddle: Fri, May 8, 2009, 3:04 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Eric Johnson: Tue, Nov 7, 2006, 10:00 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Kieran McManus: Fri, Dec 8, 2006, 6:28 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Tony Eastwood: Thu, Jan 4, 2007, 2:35 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Rich Kurtz: Thu, Jan 4, 2007, 5:43 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (AaaBaa: Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 6:38 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Nikhil: Tue, Nov 6, 2007, 8:14 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (mark: Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 1:39 pm)
-Stop beep in volume control (Annieg: Wed, Aug 26, 2009, 6:19 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Srinath: Sat, Sep 19, 2009, 12:02 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Hill: Sun, Aug 19, 2007, 5:09 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Brian: Thu, Sep 20, 2007, 6:28 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Joshua: Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 5:56 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Ingo: Sun, Jan 13, 2008, 4:46 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Michiel: Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 2:33 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Ron: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 9:02 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (oj: Sun, May 11, 2008, 11:26 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Jack: Mon, Aug 4, 2008, 10:47 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Josh: Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 1:13 pm)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (St*r: Wed, Feb 4, 2009, 2:22 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Dawood: Tue, Mar 31, 2009, 9:22 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (Turenando: Wed, Apr 8, 2009, 10:06 am)
*Alternate method (without disabling hardware beep) (Anonymous: Sat, May 9, 2009, 11:16 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (asdasdsadas: Thu, Aug 13, 2009, 3:54 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (worldnick: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 3:08 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (worldnick: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 3:41 am)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (Michael Kaste: Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 1:34 pm)
-re: Stop beep in volume control (ArthurDental: Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 9:04 am)
*re: Stop beep in volume control (spazbob: Wed, Oct 28, 2009, 3:34 am)
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