Guest Ste Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Hi there, I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003. Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system beep or alert sound. It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming across several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the Control Panel either. Thanks for any help with this. Ste
Guest N1K Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 RE: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Open notepad and paste this code in it: Option Explicit Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, itemtype, Title Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") p = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\" p = p & "Beep" itemtype = "REG_SZ" n= "No" WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype Title = "System Beeps are now Disabled." & vbCR Title = Title & "You may need to Log off/Log on" & vbCR MyBox = MsgBox(Title,4096,"Finished") Save As .vbs file and run! Source of the script: kellys-korner-xp.com -- MCSA, MCDST, MCP Systems Specialist http://www.wincert.net "Ste" wrote: > Hi there, > > I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003. > > Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is > found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system beep > or alert sound. > > It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard > monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. > > It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to > turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming across > several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. > > I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the Control > Panel either. > > Thanks for any help with this. > > Ste > > >
Guest Peter Foldes Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep codes. That will tell you what is causing it. Just a thought -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... > Hi there, > > I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003. > > Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is > found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system beep > or alert sound. > > It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard > monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. > > It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to > turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming across > several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. > > I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the Control > Panel either. > > Thanks for any help with this. > > Ste > >
Guest R. McCarty Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Have you disabled "Beep on Error(s)"?. If it's the generic Beep, it's a service in XP and you can set it's start mode to Disabled (4). But that has a downside as legitimate errors will not be alerted with the beep. "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep codes. That will tell you what is causing it. Just a thought -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... > Hi there, > > I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office > 2003. > > Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is > found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system > beep > or alert sound. > > It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard > monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. > > It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to > turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming > across > several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. > > I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the > Control > Panel either. > > Thanks for any help with this. > > Ste > >
Guest Peter Foldes Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Are you answering me ?? I am not the OP -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%234JxSJJ8HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Have you disabled "Beep on Error(s)"?. If it's the generic Beep, it's a > service in XP and you can set it's start mode to Disabled (4). But that > has a downside as legitimate errors will not be alerted with the beep. > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep > codes. That will tell you what is causing it. > Just a thought > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message > news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >> 2003. >> >> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is >> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >> beep >> or alert sound. >> >> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >> >> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to >> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >> across >> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >> >> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >> Control >> Panel either. >> >> Thanks for any help with this. >> >> Ste >> >> > >
Guest R. McCarty Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Beg your Pardon, it was directed to the OP. I replied into the wrong part of the thread. "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uSE2sRJ8HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Are you answering me ?? I am not the OP -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%234JxSJJ8HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Have you disabled "Beep on Error(s)"?. If it's the generic Beep, it's a > service in XP and you can set it's start mode to Disabled (4). But that > has a downside as legitimate errors will not be alerted with the beep. > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep > codes. That will tell you what is causing it. > Just a thought > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message > news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >> 2003. >> >> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network >> is >> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >> beep >> or alert sound. >> >> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >> >> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to >> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >> across >> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >> >> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >> Control >> Panel either. >> >> Thanks for any help with this. >> >> Ste >> >> > >
Guest Ste Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Thanks for this. I'll keep this as a last resort, but was hoping there would be a way to achieve this via a checkbox somewhere? Also, sorry for posting this thread twice - I did it on my Mac but it didn't appear to have sent, so I re-wrote it on the PC... Ste "N1K" <N1K@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6D75FEE8-0279-40C3-BF60-5972F970734D@microsoft.com... > Open notepad and paste this code in it: > > Option Explicit > Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, itemtype, Title > > Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > p = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\" > p = p & "Beep" > itemtype = "REG_SZ" > n= "No" > > WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype > Title = "System Beeps are now Disabled." & vbCR > Title = Title & "You may need to Log off/Log on" & vbCR > MyBox = MsgBox(Title,4096,"Finished") > > Save As .vbs file and run! > > Source of the script: kellys-korner-xp.com > -- > MCSA, MCDST, MCP > Systems Specialist > http://www.wincert.net > > > "Ste" wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >> 2003. >> >> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network >> is >> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >> beep >> or alert sound. >> >> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >> >> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to >> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >> across >> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >> >> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >> Control >> Panel either. >> >> Thanks for any help with this. >> >> Ste >> >> >>
Guest Ste Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? I haven't yet as I assumed it was a Windows thing rather than a Dell thing? Ste "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep codes. That will tell you what is causing it. Just a thought -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... > Hi there, > > I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office > 2003. > > Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network is > found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system > beep > or alert sound. > > It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard > monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. > > It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to > turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming > across > several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. > > I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the > Control > Panel either. > > Thanks for any help with this. > > Ste > >
Guest Ste Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Where about would I be able to find this menu option in XP? Thanks, Ste "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%234JxSJJ8HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Have you disabled "Beep on Error(s)"?. If it's the generic Beep, it's a > service in XP and you can set it's start mode to Disabled (4). But that > has a downside as legitimate errors will not be alerted with the beep. > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep > codes. That will tell you what is causing it. > Just a thought > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message > news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >> 2003. >> >> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network >> is >> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >> beep >> or alert sound. >> >> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >> >> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to >> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >> across >> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >> >> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >> Control >> Panel either. >> >> Thanks for any help with this. >> >> Ste >> >> > >
Guest R. McCarty Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? Easiest access is with a PowerToy for XP, Tweak-UI. Under the General heading you'll find the "Beep on Error" checkbox. Direct download link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message news:46e01aee$0$11450$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > Where about would I be able to find this menu option in XP? > > Thanks, > > Ste > > "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:%234JxSJJ8HHA.5424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Have you disabled "Beep on Error(s)"?. If it's the generic Beep, it's a >> service in XP and you can set it's start mode to Disabled (4). But that >> has a downside as legitimate errors will not be alerted with the beep. >> >> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep >> codes. That will tell you what is causing it. >> Just a thought >> >> -- >> Peter >> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> >> "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message >> news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >>> 2003. >>> >>> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network >>> is >>> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >>> beep >>> or alert sound. >>> >>> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >>> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >>> >>> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how >>> to >>> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >>> across >>> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >>> >>> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >>> Control >>> Panel either. >>> >>> Thanks for any help with this. >>> >>> Ste >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: How to disable System Beeps/Alerts? In Outlook Express ( I don't have Outlook but may be similar) click tools options general tab remove X from 'play sound when message arrives'. "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message news:46e01ace$0$21102$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk... >I haven't yet as I assumed it was a Windows thing rather than a Dell thing? > > Ste > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uLCqbpI8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep > codes. That will tell you what is causing it. > Just a thought > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Ste" <4343@436435.com> wrote in message > news:46dfddf5$0$13933$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk... >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Dell Latitude D430 laptop running Windows XP SP2 and Office >> 2003. >> >> Every time I receive a new email in Outlook, or when a wireless network >> is >> found, or when I receive a popup window message, I am hearing a system >> beep >> or alert sound. >> >> It's not the same sound as found in Sounds, this sounds like an onboard >> monotone beep, and muting the sounds has no effect on this. >> >> It's getting quite annoying so I wondered if someone could tell me how to >> turn off this alert please? I'm getting tens of emails a day, coming >> across >> several wireless networks, and I'd like to turn these little beeps off. >> >> I can't find anything relating to this in the Sounds section of the >> Control >> Panel either. >> >> Thanks for any help with this. >> >> Ste >> >> > >
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