Lately, when I do shutdown on my Windows XP Home machine, the computer makes a beeping noise. It does it when the screen turns to baby blue and says Windows is saving your settings. The computer turns off fine, and boots up fine too. I'm just trying to find out what's causing this beep. Could it be an error message and Windows is just ignoring it? How do I find out what's making the beep? And how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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Beep when Windows XP Home turns off
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gpalmer711
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Take a look at the event viewer.
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer
Have a look in the System and Application sections, are there any errors that relate to the date and time that you are shutting down? If so let us know what they are and we can try and solve the problem for you.
Greg Palmer
Freeware Utilities for Windows Administrators.
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer
Have a look in the System and Application sections, are there any errors that relate to the date and time that you are shutting down? If so let us know what they are and we can try and solve the problem for you.
Greg Palmer
Freeware Utilities for Windows Administrators.
Beeps codes are the audio beeps that the mainboard will output when your system has problems. Generally they are used to identify booting problems. These sites will help you decode the beep code meanings.
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If your Event Viewer is showing MrxSmb errors, apply this Hotfix:
But this would not cause beeping.
But this would not cause beeping.
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Are there any errors or conflicts shown in your Device Manager?
Have you seen if you still get this beep when shutting down from Safe Mode?
Obviously this has just started happening but can you tie it in with any alterations you have made to your system?
Do try "Bcastner's" link to the update
Have you seen if you still get this beep when shutting down from Safe Mode?
Obviously this has just started happening but can you tie it in with any alterations you have made to your system?
Do try "Bcastner's" link to the update
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Your welcome to hunt through these to see if you can pick anything up.
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