I have a question about Turn Off the PC-Speaker:

I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!... HELP.

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So...you did select the 'ding' sound under ControlPanel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Sounds/DefaultBeep..........correct? Also.......under 'Audio', un-check the box 'use default sound only'.


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:56 am, Clark wrote:
>So...you did select the 'ding' sound under ControlPanel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Sounds/DefaultBeep..........correct?
>Also.......under 'Audio', un-check the box 'use default sound only'.
>
> Actually there is no option for "DefaultBeep" in the Sounds area, and I don't see any checkbox that says use default sound only. I am using Windows XP. I even looked in the registry, and the DefaultBeep option is there and it set to the file "Windows XP Ding.wav" which is the right one..... anything else you can add?

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when clicking on my volume gauge in windows xp, the pc speaker beeps instead of a default sound. using a sound balster live! 5.1 digital card, lastest drivers installed. i'm going to TS this and drop a post back with a fix, hopefully.


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 5:23 am, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:56 am, Clark wrote:
>So...you did select the 'ding' sound under ControlPanel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Sounds/DefaultBeep..........correct?
>Also.......under 'Audio', un-check the box 'use default sound only'.
>
>
>
>Actually there is no option for "DefaultBeep" in the Sounds area, and I don't see
>any checkbox that says use default sound only. I am using Windows XP. I even looked
>in the registry, and the DefaultBeep option is there and it set to the file "Windows
>XP Ding.wav" which is the right one..... anything else you can add?

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no fix here. i upgraded over Windows ME on Thursday. the volume control wokred great. instaleld various software apps and patches. no it doesnt. uninstalled all programs I'd installed since upgrading. stripped out hardwarerelating to the sound card. did a system restore back to thrusday. volume control still hosed. reinstalled XP over the top of the existing OS: still hosed. at this point i'm not sure if this is a OS related problem or sound card driver issue. i tried various reg hacks, sound card settings, google searches, everything i could to find the answer. so far no luck.


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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has anyone been successful in finding a solution to this? i've tried so many things without luck. any suspicionsof it being driver or OS related? anything? anyone?


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer, one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into his user, and the volume control worked fine. I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key and all its subtrees: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents Then I changed the user back to myself and deleted the same registry key and all its subfolders. FINALLY, I double clicked on the backed up registry key and poof, once it was done I had instant volume control DING noises and the DefaultSound sound was back in my sounds... Simple solution for such an annoying problem, hope this helps. Drew =)


On Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 7:54 am, Chad wrote:
>no fix here. i upgraded over Windows ME on Thursday. the volume control wokred great.
>instaleld various software apps and patches. no it doesnt. uninstalled all programs
>I'd installed since upgrading. stripped out hardwarerelating to the sound card. did
>a system restore back to thrusday. volume control still hosed.
>
>reinstalled XP over the top of the existing OS: still hosed. at this point i'm not
>sure if this is a OS related problem or sound card driver issue.
>
>i tried various reg hacks, sound card settings, google searches, everything i could
>to find the answer. so far no luck.
>
>
>
>

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COOL! THis worked for me also. My hosed appevents keys were 81K, the new imported keys 67K. I'm going to study the differences and see what the cause of this is. Thanks for the post!!


On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8:43 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it
>has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer,
>one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into
>his user, and the volume control worked fine.
>
>I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key and
>all its subtrees:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
>
>Then I changed the user back to myself and deleted the same registry key and all
>its subfolders.
>
>FINALLY, I double clicked on the backed up registry key and poof, once it was done
>I had instant volume control DING noises and the DefaultSound sound was back in my
>sounds... Simple solution for such an annoying problem, hope this helps.
>
>Drew =)
>
>

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On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 7:23 pm, Chad wrote:
>has anyone been successful in finding a solution to this? i've tried so many things without luck.
>any suspicionsof it being driver or OS related? anything? anyone? I'm having the same problem. The highlighting feature with my irc client no longer works (it used the ding), the volume gauge uses the pc speaker now instead of the ding, my modem reconfig no longer dings, nor does the ding sound in other places it used to. I don't have more than one user account to check. So far nothing I've tried works. Anyone know how to fix this yet?

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This solution also worked for me. I am using Windows 2000. Thanks for the tip.


On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8:43 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it
>has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer,
>one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into
>his user, and the volume control worked fine.
>
>I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key and
>all its subtrees:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents ...

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Worked for me too! 2+ days of screwing with settings and down to a simple copy and paste but hey it worked! Thanks!

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Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem is 
one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.

It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
missing the following sub-key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default

This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
the text:

%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav

This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
by the Volume Control Slider!

You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!

That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required key 
to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!

Hope this helps.

-Fernando






On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8:43 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it 
>has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer, 
>one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into 
>his user, and the volume control worked fine.
>
>I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key 
and 
>all its subtrees: 
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
>
>Then I changed the user back to myself and deleted the same registry key and all 
>its subfolders.
>
>FINALLY, I double clicked on the backed up registry key and poof, once it was done 
>I had instant volume control DING noises and the DefaultSound sound was back in 
my 
>sounds... Simple solution for such an annoying problem, hope this helps.
>
>Drew =)
>
>

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WOOOHOOOO, ive had this problem for quite some time, all started when i updated my creative sound blaster drivers. Emailed creative about it and they told me it is a error that sometimes happens that messes up the registry, and they said the only way to fix it was to reinstal windows xp. So i just dealt with it. Today decided to search for a fix and found this. Many thanks out to those here that found the solution.


On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:

>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>

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Yes, there is a way to turn off all system beeps from the Registry (except beeps linked with the bios. I can't figure how to turn them off)

1. click start and click the Run icon.
2. type in regedit or regedit32.exe or regedit.exe
3. nagivate your way to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\ . You will find an 
entry called "beep" (without the quotation marks)
4. All you have to do is replace the "yes" entries  with "no" , again, without the 
quotation marks and you are set.

Please note that it's very dangerous to play with the system registry if you don't 
know what you are on about.

I hope this helps!!!

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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Didn't work for me... the PC speaker wire is going.

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I still having the same problem. I made the two mentioned changes (copying the key registry and puting 'no' in the beep key) but it doesn't work. Any suggestions?


On Sunday, January 5, 2003 at 12:49 am, Brandon wrote:
>Didn't work for me... the PC speaker wire is going.

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I'm experiencing the PC Speaker beep in place of XP Ding in the volume control, however your solution cannot help me since both of those two registry keys already exist! If anyone has any other ideas on this, I'm all ears. I'm especially curious to find out what is -causing- this problem... It must be a certain software installation... WMP9 perhaps? Well, hope to solve this soon! Ryan

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Ryan,

I have also installed WM9 but have not seen this problem re-emerge...

-F

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This is the only working solution! I tried the other solutions (ie, regedit.exe, change this key, that key,) and they don't apply or don't work. I had to create a "dummy" account to get this to work, but just copied the registry key and then deleted my key and replaced it with the "dummy" accounts' key. WORKED GREAT! Then all I had to do was delete the "dummy" account, since I only need one account on my computer. Thanks alot!


On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8:43 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it
>has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer,
>one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into
>his user, and the volume control worked fine.
>
>I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key and
>all its subtrees:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
>
>Then I changed the user back to myself and deleted the same registry key and all
>its subfolders.
>
>FINALLY, I double clicked on the backed up registry key and poof, once it was done
>I had instant volume control DING noises and the DefaultSound sound was back in my
>sounds... Simple solution for such an annoying problem, hope this helps.
>
>Drew =)
>
>

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The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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) Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!


On Monday, January 6, 2003 at 3:44 am, Camille Ocampo wrote:
>I still having the same problem. I made the two mentioned changes (copying the key
>registry and puting 'no' in the beep key) but it doesn't work.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>

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This one worked for me....thank you very much! I was about to pull my hair out after trying all the other suggestions.


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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This one really works! I've tried all of the above methods but getting nothing. Thanks!!!


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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How exactly do you copy a registry key like you say from one user in your computer and paste it in the proper errored registry in a different user? Maybe a step by step instruction could be helpful.. please if anyone can help!


On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8:43 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I found a solution, as it turns out Windows XP doesn't just have one registry, it
>has one for every user. Knowing this I tried something, I have 2 users on this computer,
>one for my girlfriend and I, and the other for her 5 year old son. I logged into
>his user, and the volume control worked fine.
>
>I went into the registry as him, and saved a copy of the following registry key and
>all its subtrees:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
>
>Then I changed the user back to myself and deleted the same registry key and all
>its subfolders.
>
>FINALLY, I double clicked on the backed up registry key and poof, once it was done
>I had instant volume control DING noises and the DefaultSound sound was back in my
>sounds... Simple solution for such an annoying problem, hope this helps.
>
>Drew =)
>
>

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I had exactly the problem described in the above thread -- I've been reading it carefully. 
 I'm confident I can successfully make the Registry change, but I'm a bit new to 
this.

I need to create a new key with two subkeys, because the windows default sound is 
indeed missing from the "Sounds"-tab's list of possible event-sounds in the Audio 
Properties Box, -- and my slider also doesn't "ding".

I can do it all except one thing -- I can't make the "(Default)" value in my ".Default" 
and ".Current" subkeys of my newly created SystemDefault, be of type "REG_EXPAND_SZ" 
(as opposed to "REG_SZ" which is how they are when I create the two subkeys.)

How do I change the Data type of the (Default) string?

Thanks in advance,

Alex






On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:
>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>



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Alex,

To create an Expanding Key, use the Edit menu in RegEdit and select Edit/New/Expanding 
Key.

If you can't get this to work, send me an email and I will send you a file you 
can just double-click to insert the appropriate reg entries automatically.

Hope this helps,
Fernando







On Friday, February 28, 2003 at 11:48 pm, A. A. B. wrote:
>I had exactly the problem described in the above thread -- I've been reading it 
carefully. 
> I'm confident I can successfully make the Registry change, but I'm a bit new to 
>this.
>
>I need to create a new key with two subkeys, because the windows default sound is 
>indeed missing from the "Sounds"-tab's list of possible event-sounds in the Audio 
>Properties Box, -- and my slider also doesn't "ding".
>
>I can do it all except one thing -- I can't make the "(Default)" value in my ".Default" 
>and ".Current" subkeys of my newly created SystemDefault, be of type "REG_EXPAND_SZ" 
>(as opposed to "REG_SZ" which is how they are when I create the two subkeys.)
>
>How do I change the Data type of the (Default) string?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Alex



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THANK YOU!!!! I just spent the last 24 hours trying to figure this problem out, and just finally decided to search Google for a solution. I landed here and your one second fix solved my problem immediately.


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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Hey Fernando thanks a lot !! I had this problem too, I am really dissapointed about this Win XP cus it has som buch bugs if u dont` update it thats it. I changed the register with a clean one, from another account wich i created it for this purpose. And it worked. Now I hope my XP wont surprise me anymore with other bugs.

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Thank you, this was annoying the you-know-what out of me.


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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YEAH! Fernando's solution worked! Thanks a bunch to everyone.

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Okay, so this solution works to re-enable the volume bar default beep. But now I hear Windows default beep right before I shutdown or restart. If I delete the registry keys used to resolve the volume bar/internal pc speaker problem, there is no beep from the speakers or pc when I shutdown, which is the way it is supposed to be. Has anyone else noticed this? I saw a few posts elsewhere with no solution.

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This was difinately the answer.
You save a section (keys) by exporting (under file menu, or right-click the key) 
which will create a .reg file.  You can execute (double-click) this file to add to 
the registry.  Since I can't place an attachment here, I will place the text.  just 
paste this section (include the version line) in a new text file called fixsound.reg.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Current]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\
  77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
  00,76,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Default]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\
  77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
  00,76,00,00,00

This process will save you from creating a dummy account\export, etc.

Thanks guys, this one was buggin me.






On Monday, February 17, 2003 at 5:53 pm, Vince wrote:
>
>How exactly do you copy a registry key like you say from one user in your computer 
>and paste it in the proper errored registry in a different user? Maybe a step by 
>step instruction could be helpful.. please if anyone can help!
>

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I have the reverse problem. I have many applications that I want to ding or click but I don't want all my users having soundcard speakers. The soundcard is built in so they have that but I just want simple sounds to be sent to the internal speaker. THere was a special little driver that was written for win31 that worked up until win ME but we are running win2000. It sounds like you guys had ran across it. Could someone let me know what the reg entry should be to force the use of the internal speaker for win2k? Thanks


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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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.

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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.

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Yes!! I thought I was the only person with this problem!! This fixed it right up. I think it must be an error with installing the soundblaster live 5.1 becuase it started doing it right after I put mine in. Thanks again!


On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:

>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>

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Thanks everyone, I cannot thank you enough. This was 'annoyance-ing' me for a very long time and this fixed it. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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Many thanks, Bill - this did the trick for me, too!


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote: ---snip---
> 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) ---snip---

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I hope this solution is kept in the archives FOREVER! Worked great and such an easy fix!


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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I didn't have the .Default at the end.  I added it, but instead of also adding the 
.Current and .Default inside,  Goto control panels->sound and audio devices->sounds 
tab.  You should now have the Default Beep listed in program events.  It won't have 
a speaker next to it, so select it and then select the Windows XP Ding for the sound 
and things should be fixed.

If you then look in your registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default 
you should see .current with the data as Windows XP Ding.wav.







On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:
>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>



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Copy the this code to beep.reg and double click on it or modidfy in regedit beep.reg ----> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound] "Beep"="no" "ExtendedSounds"="yes"


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:56 am, Clark wrote:
>So...you did select the 'ding' sound under ControlPanel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Sounds/DefaultBeep..........correct?
>Also.......under 'Audio', un-check the box 'use default sound only'.
>
>

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I have Win2K and the Registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default" had disappeared. The other keys under "Apps\.Default" were there. So I added the last .Default, then added the 3 subkeys that the other keys had (.Current, .Default, Utopia0). That action added the 'Default Beep' sound event to my Control Panel/Sounds. Then, via the panel, I pointed that event to my 'ding.wav' file. Fixed. Andy


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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Thanks Greg!!! I had the same problem with the volume control beep in Windows 2000 Pro and it was driving me crazy for weeks. As I am not so skilled with Registry edits, your simpler solution was less scarry. I simply added the .Default sub-key under .Default. Then set the default beep sound to "ding" in the Sounds setting on Control Panel as you suggested. Yes, it worked!!! It appears some errant software load is causing this problem for many Win 2k/XP users. -Rick D.


On Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 7:55 pm, Greg B wrote:

>I didn't have the .Default at the end.  I added it, but instead of also adding the 
>.Current and .Default inside,  Goto control panels->sound and audio devices->sounds 
>tab.  You should now have the Default Beep listed in program events.  It won't have 
>a speaker next to it, so select it and then select the Windows XP Ding for the sound 
>and things should be fixed.
>
>If you then look in your registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default 
>you should see .current with the data as Windows XP Ding.wav.
>
>
>

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Thank you, something that finally works and answers the question asked!


On Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 1:10 pm, Goran Vuletic wrote:
>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.

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Thanks, bud, it works for me. but now that the annoying beeps gone, how do i make the ding.wav back? thanks a lot. besides, i still dont have the music when u sign on of shut down windows? anyone could help? thankx!


On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 10:23 am, David Flagg wrote:
>Thank you, something that finally works and answers the question asked!
>
>

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Hi, guy, it's been a while since the first post..but i guess this problem could happen 
to anyone anytime, who knows. so here's the simplest and real one-click solution! 
 My full hr of search on the internet turns out something, huh..it works for me and 
only takes 2 seconds literally! here's how..:

Click on the start button. Go to Run Type in regedit 
Once registry editor has opened up left click on the Hkey_Current_User key.
In the right hand area you will find a binary string value that says 
Name: (default)
Type: REG_SZ
Data: VALUE NOT SET (this is the correct one)
However,  if your data does NOT say "value not set" instead, it's a blank, then simply 
right click on the default string and delete.  Now windows xp will immediately creat 
a new entry and now it should be "reg_sz no value. " 

 Restart your computer and you should hear startup sounds back. happpy again ha......

 Y so simple: ?
 The empty field is a leftover of some deleted or changed application and it disables 
system sounds. 

This problem is most likely caused by a Ulead crap software which I also installed 
but was deleted anyway for its poor funtionality. dam, it still leaves the crap to 
us though..u know the funniest thing? that stupid company posted a "fix" of 20M size--the 
same size about the software itself..: ) 

So far, the problem is solved as long as u dont intall crap on ur pc like I did...well 
not anymore..

Thanks to rev58 for original post and Liquidmurr for elaboration..original posts 
pls refer to http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20416062.html
oh, thanks, Google...u are always there for me whenever M$ and other crap soft give 
me a hard time...: )..

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THIS ONE WORKS I didn't write this but it worked for me RE: windows XP: how to activate the beep (when XP loses the default beep) From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:45:05 -0500 Subject: RE: windows XP: how to activate the beep (when XP loses the default beep) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is what I had to do to enable the beep under:
> Windows XP Home Edition Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
> Cygwin.dll 1.3.22
>
> It seems that cygwin from 1.3.21 uses the windows "default beep" sound. I
> wasn't able to set the default beep with the control panel "sounds
> and audio devices" applet until I edited the registry adding a key:
> My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
> After doing this I could then use the control panel applet to set a sound
> for "default beep".
> Lev, you are a GOD. I've had no beep at work for ages now, and that did the trick. DING DING DIDIDIDIDIDIDING!!! My coworkers hate me once again. ;-)
> Doing a quick google it seems that this is a common problem with windows
> xp - somehow it occasionally (and randomly, by all accounts) "loses" the
> default beep, usually during sound driver installation. "Hello, my name is Bill Gates. I have been the richest person in the world for like a decade now, yet I cannot get my company's product's most critical data storage subsystem to behave in a deterministic manner. Nor have I been able to find a competent hair stylist. Yet I am still the richest man in the world. Makes no sense, does it?" -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot.

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This WAS indeed the solution for me too. Logon/off & volume control sounds for user 1, none of those for user 2. And yes, I installed a Ulead update too ... Thanks for posting!


On Friday, August 15, 2003 at 10:18 pm, oliver wrote:

>Hi, guy, it's been a while since the first post..but i guess this problem could 
happen 
>to anyone anytime, who knows. so here's the simplest and real one-click solution! 
> My full hr of search on the internet turns out something, huh..it works for me 
and 
>only takes 2 seconds literally! here's how..:
>
>Click on the start button. Go to Run Type in regedit 
>Once registry editor has opened up left click on the Hkey_Current_User key.
>In the right hand area you will find a binary string value that says 
>Name: (default)
>Type: REG_SZ
>Data: VALUE NOT SET (this is the correct one)
>However,  if your data does NOT say "value not set" instead, it's a blank, then 
simply 
>right click on the default string and delete.  Now windows xp will immediately creat 
>a new entry and now it should be "reg_sz no value. " 
>
> Restart your computer and you should hear startup sounds back. happpy again ha......
>
> Y so simple: ?
> The empty field is a leftover of some deleted or changed application and it disables 
>system sounds. 
>
>This problem is most likely caused by a Ulead crap software which I also installed 
>but was deleted anyway for its poor funtionality. dam, it still leaves the crap 
to 
>us though..u know the funniest thing? that stupid company posted a "fix" of 20M 
size--the 
>same size about the software itself..: ) 
>
>So far, the problem is solved as long as u dont intall crap on ur pc like I did...well 
>not anymore..
>
>Thanks to rev58 for original post and Liquidmurr for elaboration..original posts 
>pls refer to http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20416062.html
>oh, thanks, Google...u are always there for me whenever M$ and other crap soft give 
>me a hard time...: )..

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It works... Deleting the string: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) makes my default beep come back again... thanks!!!


On Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 4:23 pm, Mark wrote:
>This one worked for me....thank you very much! I was about to pull my hair out after
>trying all the other suggestions.
>
>
>

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Thanks a lot that was the fix for me!


On Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 3:17 pm, Steve Robida wrote:

>This was difinately the answer.
>You save a section (keys) by exporting (under file menu, or right-click the key) 
>which will create a .reg file.  You can execute (double-click) this file to add 
to 
>the registry.  Since I can't place an attachment here, I will place the text.  just 
>paste this section (include the version line) in a new text file called fixsound.reg.
>
>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default]
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Current]
>@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
>  00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\
>  77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
>  00,76,00,00,00
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Default]
>@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
>  00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\
>  77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,44,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,2e,00,77,00,61,\
>  00,76,00,00,00
>
>This process will save you from creating a dummy account\export, etc.
>
>Thanks guys, this one was buggin me.
>
>

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Hey Fernando! This looks good. I tried this and can find up to the: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default" BUT then the "\.Default" directory is not listed..? Any idea why I couldn't find this? -Brian


On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:

>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>

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This finally worked for me, all the other fixes did nt , thnx for this easy fix


On Friday, August 15, 2003 at 10:18 pm, oliver wrote:
>
>Hi, guy, it's been a while since the first post..but i guess this problem could happen
>to anyone anytime, who knows. so here's the simplest and real one-click solution!
> My full hr of search on the internet turns out something, huh..it works for me and
>only takes 2 seconds literally! here's how..:
>
>Click on the start button. Go to Run Type in regedit
>Once registry editor has opened up left click on the Hkey_Current_User key.
>In the right hand area you will find a binary string value that says
>Name: (default)
>Type: REG_SZ
>Data: VALUE NOT SET (this is the correct one)
>However, if your data does NOT say "value not set" instead, it's a blank, then simply
>right click on the default string and delete. Now windows xp will immediately creat
>a new entry and now it should be "reg_sz no value. "
>
> Restart your computer and you should hear startup sounds back. happpy again ha......
>
> Y so simple: ?
> The empty field is a leftover of some deleted or changed application and it disables
>system sounds.
>
>This problem is most likely caused by a Ulead crap software which I also installed
>but was deleted anyway for its poor funtionality. dam, it still leaves the crap to
>us though..u know the funniest thing? that stupid company posted a "fix" of 20M size--the
>same size about the software itself..: )
>
>So far, the problem is solved as long as u dont intall crap on ur pc like I did...well
>not anymore..
>
>Thanks to rev58 for original post and Liquidmurr for elaboration..original posts
>pls refer to http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20416062.html
>oh, thanks, Google...u are always there for me whenever M$ and other crap soft give
>me a hard time...: )..

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I found my problem with sounds coming from Internet Explorer even when "no sounds" were selected in the Control Panel. The problem wasn't with Internet Explorer, but with Pest Patrol spyware. The sound must be disabled on cookie patrol. The "water bloop" is just cookie patrol logging cookies as they appear through the websites. Norwood Shelton, Monroe, LA


On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 8:23 pm, Andrew Dunowski wrote:
>I have a question about Turn
>Off the PC-Speaker:

>
>I have a similar problem, my default beep is the pc speaker, but it used to be the
>ding sound. I have all the wav files turned on, but the default beep still comes
>out of my pc speaker. I have a sound blaster live, and I've even upgraded to the
>newest drivers for Windows XP. I just want the DING.WAV back as the default sound!!...
>HELP.

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Dunowski is a genius! It worked, and it worked immediately. I was about to reformat my harddrive and rip out the computer speaker wire! Can a virus cause the change in the registry and the consequent PC speaker beep? My particular problem involved the PC speaker beeping whenever I selected a desktop icon (when it would highlight using the mouse). Normally, you click an icon twice to activate the program. When I went to activate the program, the PC speaker would beep once I clicked once on an icon with the intent of clicking again to activate the program. To be short, it was annoying!!! Try this solution if you are encoutering any strange behavior involving the PC speaker when using Windows. IT WORKS!!! :) Thank you!!!

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Hey Andy, I also have Win2K and had the same problem. Your solution worked like a champ! Very simple too. Thanks to you and everyone who contributes to this site for the help! ...now the question is ...how did that dang registry file get deleted in the first place!?!


On Thursday, July 3, 2003 at 6:10 am, Andy Middaugh wrote:
>I have Win2K and the Registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default"
>had disappeared. The other keys under "Apps\.Default" were there.
>
>So I added the last .Default, then added the 3 subkeys that the other keys had (.Current,
>.Default, Utopia0).
>
>That action added the 'Default Beep' sound event to my Control Panel/Sounds.
>
>Then, via the panel, I pointed that event to my 'ding.wav' file.
>
>Fixed.
>
>Andy
>
>

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i don't know


On Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 10:53 am, Damon wrote:
>I have the reverse problem. I have many applications that I want to ding or click
>but I don't want all my users having soundcard speakers. The soundcard is built
>in so they have that but I just want simple sounds to be sent to the internal speaker.
> THere was a special little driver that was written for win31 that worked up until
>win ME but we are running win2000. It sounds like you guys had ran across it. Could
>someone let me know what the reg entry should be to force the use of the internal
>speaker for win2k?
>Thanks
>
>

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This tip worked great for me. I had tracks in my HKEY_CURRENT_USER base key. Instead of not set, I had tracks from desktop "The weather channel" that I had installed a week ago! That's not nice. I deleted the channel a few days ago. Now I've deleted all the weather keys they put in base, deleted the default key, it came back, and now I have a good ding! Yikes. Thanks a bunch.


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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I had the same problem. By going to the "Integrated Digital Audio" properties, and disabling the device, the internal speaker started "beeping" as required. I hope this helps you


On Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 10:53 am, Damon wrote:
>I have the reverse problem. I have many applications that I want to ding or click
>but I don't want all my users having soundcard speakers. The soundcard is built
>in so they have that but I just want simple sounds to be sent to the internal speaker.
> THere was a special little driver that was written for win31 that worked up until
>win ME but we are running win2000. It sounds like you guys had ran across it. Could
>someone let me know what the reg entry should be to force the use of the internal
>speaker for win2k?
>Thanks
>
>

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Wow, I have been going nuts with this problem and have been at it for two days. This is THE ONE that worked. I too had my key had been nulled (Did not say "value not set".) and NOTHING would bring back the default beep or make the speaker slider sound again. Once I deleted the key data next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Immediately my speaker slider made real wav sounds again. Also, if I type something into a document of any kind, like a text document and try to close it without saving, I get the ding sound again. I usually just "Hit and run" on answer boards like this but this was such a great help that I took the time to answer, confirm, and to say THANKS! Ohmster


On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:36 pm, Bill wrote:
>The previous solutions didn't work for me since I 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)
>
>Always remember to backup your registry first in case their should be a problem!
>
>

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Thanks for the tip. Unforunately, my device manager does not give me the option to 
'show hidden devices' and the beeping is driving me crazy. Any other solutions?
Thanks in advance - 
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On Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 1:10 pm, Goran Vuletic wrote:

>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. 
 

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