One of our users is getting the annoying "BEEP" when a messagebox is displayed, dispite having turned her sound to MUTE! I even tried setting all of her notification sounds to (none) and still get the beep. Any idea what would override the mute? When I mute my computer, I don't get the beep.
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Beep on MESSAGEBOX()
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Could try tweakui and unticking the beep on errors box on the general tab -
Presumably its the little PC speaker that's beeping - if you open volume control then Options, properties, you can add PC speaker to the control list, and then mute it (mine is by default) - don't know if this would stop it.
Presumably its the little PC speaker that's beeping - if you open volume control then Options, properties, you can add PC speaker to the control list, and then mute it (mine is by default) - don't know if this would stop it.
If you have Tweak UI installed, try
Control Panel -> Tweak UI -> General tab
Untick "Beep on error" then click OK.
If you don't have Tweak UI, you can download it from:
John
Control Panel -> Tweak UI -> General tab
Untick "Beep on error" then click OK.
If you don't have Tweak UI, you can download it from:
John
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I tried using Tweak UI on my PC, and it didn't stop the beep when my volume was not muted, so I'm thinking it won't help if she gets it when it IS muted?
It is the PC Speaker that's beeping. This behavior just started happening today. I haven't the vaguest idea what would have changed overnight.
Jason
It is the PC Speaker that's beeping. This behavior just started happening today. I haven't the vaguest idea what would have changed overnight.
Jason
I sympathize, I once had the same annoyance on an NT4 work machine. The speaker beep seems to be enabled by default if you don't have a sound card.
You can change this in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
Value Name: Beep
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: "yes" or "no" (its a text string)
just change that value to "no" and it should be fixed.
You can change this in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
Value Name: Beep
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: "yes" or "no" (its a text string)
just change that value to "no" and it should be fixed.
Look in Device Manager, System Devices, PC Speaker, and disable it.
You do not want to mess with the default "Beep" sound, as it often has the unintended consequence of disabling all system sounds. This is a known problem with TweakUI.
You do not want to mess with the default "Beep" sound, as it often has the unintended consequence of disabling all system sounds. This is a known problem with TweakUI.
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