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


After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume 
Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting.

In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select 
the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device 
named "Beep" and set it to disabled.

The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled 
in oil for such a blatant lie.
My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever 
all sounds are disabled.  This is very annoying.

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re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 4:09 am Posted by triplate (4621 messages posted) Youre right....i found that by leaving Win Audio Service enabled, the beeps,short of boot,go away...i have no win sounds enabled. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Thanx... Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 10:05 am Posted by TT (1 messages posted) Thanx for the tip above. I got a laptop and it beep with the external speakers very loud. This tips helps me alot. whoever think of the beep of volume control should be shot... at least make some musical noise or sumtin. why does it gotta be BEEP!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 12:37 pm Posted by Frank (6 messages posted) I have a reverse problem of a similar nature: Suddenly my windows media files, and msn messenger files will not play thru my speakers, but are represented by a beep thru the PC Speaker. All other wave playing plays fine, including AIM and WINAMP, etc. It is just the windows theme files and MSN Messenger wave files. It's not a bad thing, but I liked my quips that started and closed with Windows. And I want to know what shut the sounds off! On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 4:09 am, triplate wrote: >Youre right....i found that by leaving Win Audio Service enabled, the beeps,short >of boot,go away...i have no win sounds enabled. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 1:14 am Posted by Avnish (1 messages posted) Sir/Madam, I am a tech. support person. Your solution is wonderful and it is sure shot one ........... Thanks On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 10:38 am Posted by CitznFish (3 messages posted) I have been looking for this solution forever! Now my problem is that when you stop moving the slider on teh volume control you are supposed to get a chord shound, not the PC speaker beeping. This is how you can tell if the volume is set to your liking. I have never been able to figure out 1) Why it went from a chord to the PC speaker beeping 2) how to get it back to the Chord.wav file Anyone have any ideas? At least the beeping is disabled. =] On Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 1:14 am, Avnish wrote: > >Sir/Madam, >I am a tech. support person. Your solution is wonderful and it is sure shot one ........... > >Thanks > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Sunday, June 15, 2003 at 2:07 pm Posted by urdvurk (18 messages posted) Frank, I have what appears to be the same problem: some, but not all, sounds have stopped playing. Menu clicks still work, but (among others) the Empty recycle bin, Maximize and Minimize sounds have stopped playing and have been replaced with a system beep. I thought maybe turning the beep off might turn the sounds back on, but of course it didn't. Did you, or anybody, ever find out what the problem was? Thanks On Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 12:37 pm, Frank wrote: >I have a reverse problem of a similar nature: Suddenly my windows media files, and >msn messenger files will not play thru my speakers, but are represented by a beep >thru the PC Speaker. All other wave playing plays fine, including AIM and WINAMP, >etc. It is just the windows theme files and MSN Messenger wave files. It's not >a bad thing, but I liked my quips that started and closed with Windows. And I want >to know what shut the sounds off! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at 8:54 am Posted by Idiot (1 messages posted) If volume control in the system tray doesn't give a sound and Default Beep in control panel sounds is missing, add a key to the registry. use Regedit to find HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default add another key .Default so it reads HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default Start Sounds and Multimedia in Control panel Click Default Beep that now is back Set sound to Ding [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 3:28 pm Posted by mrx (13 messages posted) Thanks for that, it saved my PC speaker! On Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at 8:54 am, Idiot wrote: >If volume control in the system tray doesn't give a sound and Default Beep in control >panel sounds is missing, add a key to the registry. >use Regedit to find > >HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default > >add another key .Default so it reads > >HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default > >Start Sounds and Multimedia in Control panel > >Click Default Beep that now is back > >Set sound to Ding [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, November 17, 2003 at 5:42 pm Posted by mike (1 messages posted) After I turned off beep in the device manager my computer keeps on beeping while I play games. I have loked in bios and everywhere else, Even on the internet. It is really pissing me and all of my of when the computer is working at over 50% capicity. Does anyone have an awnser? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 7:53 am Posted by Jose A. Romero L. (1 messages posted) Thank you, man, I love you, you are my hero!!! that !@#$%$@%#^!@#$ beep was driving me crazy!!! On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 3:01 pm Posted by Clyde Wilcox (2 messages posted) Did you ever figure this out? It has happened to me, I have tried several things but haven't quite figured it out. I especially would like to restore my e-mail notification chime, instead of the annoying beep. On Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 12:37 pm, Frank wrote: >I have a reverse problem of a similar nature: Suddenly my windows media files, and >msn messenger files will not play thru my speakers, but are represented by a beep >thru the PC Speaker. All other wave playing plays fine, including AIM and WINAMP, >etc. It is just the windows theme files and MSN Messenger wave files. It's not >a bad thing, but I liked my quips that started and closed with Windows. And I want >to know what shut the sounds off! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 2:44 pm Posted by Charles Steaderman (1 messages posted) This same problem happened to me. Mostly no system sounds, PC beep otherwise. The problem is that some application (or a registry corruption) caused the (Default) value of HKEY_CURRENT_USER to be set to something other than (value not set). I simply highlighted the (Default) entry and hit Delete. On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 3:01 pm, Clyde Wilcox wrote: >Did you ever figure this out? It has happened to me, I have tried several things >but haven't quite figured it out. I especially would like to restore my e-mail notification >chime, instead of the annoying beep. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 7:09 pm Posted by Brian (2 messages posted) Charles- I have the problem with the new mail notification whereby I only get the system speaker beep and not the notify chime that it is set to. In my registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER ===> AppEvents ===> EventLabels I found an entry called MailBeep where (Default) is set to New Mail Notification. Is this the entry I should delete to fix the problem? Brian On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 2:44 pm, Charles Steaderman wrote: >This same problem happened to me. Mostly no system sounds, PC beep otherwise. The >problem is that some application (or a registry corruption) caused the (Default) >value of HKEY_CURRENT_USER to be set to something other than (value not set). I simply >highlighted the (Default) entry and hit Delete. > > >On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 3:01 pm, Clyde Wilcox wrote: >>Did you ever figure this out? It has happened to me, I have tried several things >>but haven't quite figured it out. I especially would like to restore my e-mail >notification >>chime, instead of the annoying beep. >> >> [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, June 7, 2004 at 6:08 am Posted by Shankar (1 messages posted) Hi All, Recently, I changed my processor P3 550 Mhz to P2 400 Mhz as the 550 Mhz processor went faulty. After this, I installed my sound card and my xp fixed the default drivers for this. To my surprise the sound card which was working all these days did not give any sound output. The sound appears to play on my media player but no sound. When I tried to move the volume sliders on the volume controls, I am getting a beep from the system speaker... I tried installing a different sound card but the same problem persists ... Could anyone help me out .. Is that a registry change that is required? Thanks Shankar On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 7:09 pm, Brian wrote: >Charles- > >I have the problem with the new mail notification whereby I only get the system speaker >beep and not the notify chime that it is set to. > >In my registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER ===> AppEvents ===> EventLabels I found an >entry called MailBeep where (Default) is set to New Mail Notification. Is this the >entry I should delete to fix the problem? > >Brian > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, June 7, 2004 at 8:38 am Posted by matriarka (23 messages posted) My problem with beeping is the very LOUD beep I get when I'm booting up my computer. Disabling 'beep' in the nonplug n play device doesn't affect it. I just have to remember to have my external speakers turned off so that the PC speaker's beep isn't so loud. Very annoying. What's the purpose of making a beep? To tell me that I'm booting up? I already know that without having to hear a beep. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, June 7, 2004 at 9:08 am Posted by matriarka (23 messages posted) On second thought, I wouldn't want to completely turn off all BIOS beeps or else I wouldn't know when I'm encountering problems. Just wish there's no beep when everything is normal. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, June 21, 2004 at 4:56 am Posted by Uno Fonseca (1 messages posted) Yes, mine does this too. This annoys the living **** out of me. It only does so in games that draw heavily on resources though, not older games. On Monday, November 17, 2003 at 5:42 pm, mike wrote: >After I turned off beep in the device manager my computer keeps on beeping while >I play games. I have loked in bios and everywhere else, Even on the internet. It >is really pissing me and all of my of when the computer is working at over 50% capicity. >Does anyone have an awnser? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 2:15 am Posted by joy (1 messages posted) I have a prob in win XP based system,all my system sounds,wav,mp3 output is being rerouted to my pc speaker and not my sound card.I would be highly oblidged if anyone could forward a solution. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, September 20, 2004 at 6:02 pm Posted by mouse (1 messages posted) You guys are probably hitting the too many keys at once to get that PC speaker beep. Often happens in games when using keyboards that only support a few simultaneous keypresses. Solution is to get a new keyboard that supports more keypresses... On Monday, June 21, 2004 at 4:56 am, Uno Fonseca wrote: >Yes, mine does this too. This annoys the living **** out of me. >It only does so in games that draw heavily on resources though, not older games. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 6:53 am Posted by IH8Beeps (1 messages posted) I worked for Microsoft. We spent 6 years trying to hide that setting. I can't believe you found it. We owe you a ham. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 7:42 pm Posted by Bi$hop (1 messages posted) The reason why this happens is you are pressing to many keys at once and filling the input buffer of your device. Solution: a) Increase the size of your input buffer, this will allow more key presses to be sequenced. b) Press less keys. On Monday, September 20, 2004 at 6:02 pm, mouse wrote: >You guys are probably hitting the too many keys at once to get that PC speaker beep. >Often happens in games when using keyboards that only support a few simultaneous >keypresses. > >Solution is to get a new keyboard that supports more keypresses... > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 3:57 pm Posted by Crys (1 messages posted) I went through device manager and disabled BEEP, so now when I start up my laptop, it doesn't beep - but I still have a problem. I have a security feature on my laptop so that when I close it and then re-open it, I have to punch in a password on the buttons on my screen to get the laptop going again - and every time I punch a number in, the &@*#ing PC speaker still BEEPS! It's really annoying in the middle of class - it's as bad as having your cell phone ring. Is there any way, short of tearing open my laptop and ripping the PC speaker out, that I can completely disable it? Anyone? On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, September 5, 2005 at 4:06 pm Posted by Kathryn Summers (1 messages posted) I have this same stupid problem with several of the windows default sounds (Windows startup and shutdown music, recycle bin, etc.) not playing and the pc volume slider causing the PC speaker to "beep" instead of the customary "ding" wave file. I have followed the registry advice listed above and reset the keys but still have not been to rectify the problem. Any other ideas? I am not wild about messing with my system BIOS or completly turning off the PC internal speaker. I feel like the more I monkey with it the more likely I am to really screw it up! Thanks all! Kathy [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 8:26 am Posted by Yi Ke (1 messages posted) Go into Control Panel, then Sounds and Audio Devices, then in the new window that opens up, go to the "Sounds" tab and select Windows Default as the scheme within the available pulldown menu. This will cause you to lose your current configuration unless you save it, but if you're already as annoyed with the beep as you are now, you wouldn't care less. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, September 19, 2005 at 5:29 pm Posted by Kathy (1 messages posted) May the Universe bless you, your children and your granchildren... for telling me how to get rid of that noise. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 3:09 pm Posted by Joel Wagoner (1 messages posted) Brendan, Thank you for posting this. The stupid beep had me ready to throw my Toshiba laptop out the window. I won't miss it. Tjhe beep, that is. Joel On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Sunday, February 5, 2006 at 5:01 am Posted by lonedog (1 messages posted) Three years late on the praise, but THANK YOU! One more beep during the volume adjustment and I would've gone postal. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 6:43 am Posted by bobafett (1 messages posted) I have spent hours trying to turn off that annoying beep in MS Office and IE 6.0. And the solution was so easy. Thanks!! On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 4:53 pm Posted by James (1 messages posted) Thank you very much Brendan Perez!!! I owe you one! On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, November 20, 2006 at 2:21 pm Posted by Henrik (2 messages posted) if u like me did not solve the problem with the above then u can always turn of th system speaker and get rid of the annoying sound like this. Right click on My computer. Go the the hardware manager tab of System Properties. Click on device manager. System speaker is in the list under system devices. Double click on system speaker. In the device usage box, there is a setting for enable or disable. On Monday, June 7, 2004 at 6:08 am, Shankar wrote: >Hi All, > >Recently, I changed my processor P3 550 Mhz to P2 400 Mhz as the 550 Mhz processor >went faulty. > >After this, I installed my sound card and my xp fixed the default drivers for this. > >To my surprise the sound card which was working all these days did not give any sound >output. The sound appears to play on my media player but no sound. > >When I tried to move the volume sliders on the volume controls, I am getting a beep >from the system speaker... > >I tried installing a different sound card but the same problem persists ... > >Could anyone help me out .. Is that a registry change that is required? > >Thanks > >Shankar > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, November 20, 2006 at 2:54 pm Posted by Henrik (2 messages posted) And if that does not help either then u can try this. with TWEAKUI look under general tab uncheck box that says beep on error and maybe it goes away i am not sure yet it has only been two minutes... TWEAKUI: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 3:30 pm Posted by beep-beep (1 messages posted) Perform the following steps to disable your machine's system beep: 1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage. 2. Expand System Tools and select Device Manager. 3. From the View menu, select Show hidden devices. 4. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers. 5. Right-click Beep, and select Properties. 6. Select the Drivers tab. 7. Click Stop. You can also change the start-up type to Disabled so the beep service never starts. (Above instructions found at http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/15508/15508.html) On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Friday, March 9, 2007 at 1:01 pm Posted by Andrew (1 messages posted) You marvelous and wonderful person! The beep is gone! I can sleep soundly at night, not having to have a mini-heart attack every time that infernal beep goes off! Yaaaaaay! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 5:26 am Posted by vamsi (1 messages posted) Hi, I'm using my HP dv1615ts laptop. suddenly my laptop built in spekers not working. the same thing is possible to hear using head phones. please let me know how to resolve this issue. Regards vamsi [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 11:12 pm Posted by housiemousie2 (1 messages posted) Another satisfied customer... no more %$#@*&! volume adjustment beep! Thanks! On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm Posted by Stephen (1 messages posted) I tried disabling the 'beep' in device manager as you mentioned, it made sense, but the beep continues. Any other suggestions? On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 8:52 am Posted by Zach (1 messages posted) Thank you for this solution. When I log onto citrix and enter the wrong password my dell vostro 1500 would make the loudest beep I ever heard come out of a laptop haha. The entire office kept looking at me funny. Now those days are gone. On Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm, Stephen wrote: >I tried disabling the 'beep' in device manager as you mentioned, it made sense, but >the beep continues. Any other suggestions? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 9:40 am Posted by Mark (1 messages posted) I tried everything on this list including Find the "Beep" key on the right-hand side and change the value to "no". Open up regedit.exe through the run box, and then navigate down to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound Find the "Beep" key on the right-hand side and change the value to "no". what finally worked for me was just muting the pc speaker in the volume control (you may have to go to the options menu->properties first and show the pc speaker) I'll go ahead and list some of the other things that may be helpful, even though many of them are listed here already: Open up Device Manager by right-clicking on Computer and choosing Properties, then on the Hardware tab you'll find the button for Device Manager. Select View \ Show hidden devices from the menu. Find Non-Plug and Play Drivers in the list, and then right-click on "Beep" and disable it: When it prompts you to reboot, select no, and then right-click again and choose Properties this time. On the Driver tab, change the Startup type to "Disabled" and then click the "Stop" button if you are able to. Comments (38) January 11, 2008 9:34 am Gil 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 for outlook: On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Other tab, click Advanced Options. Select or clear the Provide feedback with sound check box. On Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 8:52 am, Zach wrote: > >Thank you for this solution. When I log onto citrix and enter the wrong password >my dell vostro 1500 would make the loudest beep I ever heard come out of a laptop >haha. The entire office kept looking at me funny. Now those days are gone. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, December 1, 2008 at 7:25 am Posted by John Schmidt (1 messages posted) Thanks. Helpful. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:54 pm Posted by halcyon1234 (1 messages posted) I found this beep only happens when Control Panel -> System Sounds -> Sounds is set to "None". Try this: Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment -> Sound Recorder. Don't hit record. Just press SAVE. Name it something like "none.wav". Set the Default Beep sound to your saved none.wav. Silence. On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 1:42 am, Brendan Perez wrote: > >I have a question about Turn >Off the PC-Speaker: > >After disabling all sounds, whenever I would move the volume up and down in Volume >Control it would beep when I stopped and/or released the mouse at my desired setting. > >In Windows 2k/XP there is a way to disable the beep, go into device manager, select >the "Show hidden devices" option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device >named "Beep" and set it to disabled. > >The MS tech support flunky who said it was a motherboard problem should be boiled >in oil for such a blatant lie. >My last 3 PCs, my brothers PC, and all PCs at my job "beep" from the PC speaker whenever >all sounds are disabled. This is very annoying. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Monday, October 19, 2009 at 2:17 pm Posted by MartinM (5064 messages posted) Helpful, but you might not have spotted that the OP was 6 years ago. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Turn Off the PC-Speaker' Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:58 am Posted by plino (1 messages posted) This is the perfect solution. It doesn't matter how long ago it was posted. This is a reference site. And there will always be people having this problem for as long as Windows (in any version) lives. Thank you halcyon 1234! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum