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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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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Thank you for this!!


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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Oh, hidden Non-Plug and Play Devices. Why didn't I think of that?? Thanks Paul, that annoying beep is so ANNOYING. Someone should start a website devoted to all the annoying crap in Windows.


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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What beep?  My system makes lots of various noises but they are all ones I selected 
for specific events. 

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In WinXP SP2, when you move the slider in the volume control panel, it makes a beep. 
 The louder you set the slider, the louder the beep.  It is a very unpleasant beep, 
and it is not listed in sound schemes.

If you've never heard it, you are lucky.







On Friday, October 27, 2006 at 7:52 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:

>What beep?  My system makes lots of various noises but they are all ones I selected 

>for specific events.  

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That's by design. Allows you to tell how loud the volume is set to when moving the 
slider. Why would you want to disable it? Without it you would have to use some other 
way of generating sound to determine loudness.

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You'll find that beep is always at the same volume, regardless of the slider position. It beeps at other times too. Perhaps you should take a look at the actual article?


On Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 5:02 am, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>That's by design. Allows you to tell how loud the volume is set to when moving the
>slider. Why would you want to disable it? Without it you would have to use some other
>way of generating sound to determine loudness.

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That may be so on your computer but it certainly is not on mine. The beep volume 
increases or decreases as I move the slider up or down.

Perhaps you should not attempt to judge others?

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Yes! It worked perfectly on my HP pavilion zd700 laptop. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
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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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When the volume is cranked full blast and you modify it, that beep is just about enough to make my brain jump out of its skull. Thank you for the advice!


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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Just for clarification. Normally (with windows sounds enabled) the 'beep' you get as you move the slider is proportional to the selected volume; and hence is quite useful. You only get the very very loud beep (at a constant level - not proportional to volume control) if you choose to suppress all windows system sounds using 'control panel|sounds|No sounds'. It is bad that the system behaves like this. Especially if, like me, you sometimes use studio quality monitor headphones. With these the sound level of the beep (maybe 40db above the normal output volume level!) is quite dangerous - in time you could easily damage your hearing. The suggested fix (method3) works very well - it is pity it is not the default.


On Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 11:42 pm, Paul Buisman wrote:
>I have found the easiest way to turn off the annoying system beep in Windows XP when
>adjusting the volume, is to use method 3, as suggested by fester here
>
>By following the following steps, you can turn off the beep without having to reboot.
>
>The steps are;
>1. Right-click on My Computer
>2. On the Hardware tab, click on [Device Manager]
>3. On the "View" menu, select "Show hidden devices"
>4. Under "Non-Plug and Play Drivers", right-click "Beep"
>5. Click "Disable"
>6. Answer [Yes] when asked if you really want to disable it
>7. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot
>8. Right-click "Beep" again.
>9. Click "Properties"
>10. On the "Driver" tab, set the Startup type to Disabled
>11. Click [Stop]
>12. Click [OK]
>13. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot
>
>

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Thanks Tony, that finally explains to me what this is all about. I like system sounds and use them to keep track of what is happening with my system. So never having turned them off, I've never experienced the loud beep.

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There's a much simpler way.

Go to Start -> Run

Type in:
"cmd" [without speech marks]

At the DOS prompt, type
"net stop beep"

If you should ever want it back, do the same except type
"net start beep"







On Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 5:43 am, Rich Kurtz wrote:

>Thanks Tony, that finally explains to me what this is all about. I like system sounds 

>and use them to keep track of what is happening with my system. So never having 
turned 

>them off, I've never experienced the loud beep.
 

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thanks!! it was popping my ears off! unfortunally, when you have installed gmail notifier, you won't receive a sound anymore when you have new mail.. but it's not that worse as the beep is at full volume :D

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Thanks - that was driving me nuts! Why in the world did they obfuscate the control over that?

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You are the BEST!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much. that beep is exactly what I didn't want to hear and everytime I adjusted the volume, there it was! You have let me finally sleep at nights. I will name my first born child after you - what's your name again? Thanks! -Brian


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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Thanks a lot man. That advice was priceless. I was so sick of that freaking beep and thought it would require something serious to fix it.


On Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 6:28 pm, Brian wrote:
>You are the BEST!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much. that beep is exactly what I didn't
>want to hear and everytime I adjusted the volume, there it was! You have let me
>finally sleep at nights. I will name my first born child after you - what's your
>name again? Thanks!
>
>-Brian
>
>
>

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This is amazing guys - both methods are so simple - and yet so unintuitive - just goes to say the worst problems in life - such as the system beep - can be solved in the best way!


On Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:38 pm, AaaBaa wrote:
>There's a much simpler way.
>
>Go to Start -> Run
>
>Type in:
>"cmd" [without speech marks]
>
>At the DOS prompt, type
>"net stop beep"
>
>If you should ever want it back, do the same except type
>"net start beep"
>
>
>

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Of course, the hidden, non "plug and play" beep device. Why didn't I think of that :-) Thanks for saving my sanity by getting rid of the BEEP

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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I found that if you change your sound settings back to windows default, it fixes the beeping problem. don't disable the beep, you need it for other stuff like sometimes a button is stuck on your keyboard and other reasons too. go to control panel, sounds and audio devices, sounds tab, select windows default in the pull down window and apply. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ron


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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The Microsoft BEEP is killing my ears. I was using headphones @ work to softly listen to music when I decided to increase the Advanced volume control. Then the BEEP nearly cracked my head open. so I tried to lower the volume control and again the BEEP rattled my eardrums. I tried to turn off the sound in themes but that killed my music too. Finally I found all my .wav files and moved them to another folder. I am going silent. The only sound I want will be generated by me. F Microsoft. I am thinking of switching to a friendly mac. Maybe I should use a crackberry to email Microsoft execs to yell at them..

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You may have saved me from long term tinitus. That beep was so loud the other day - when i was listening to something chilled on my headphones - i almost had a heart attack. How the hell is anyone supposed to disable it without knowing this ridiculous sequence of steps? F*kin MS!

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