The tone played by ToggleKeys comes from the system
speaker on your motherboard. The >system file that drives
it can be found in Device Manager > View > Show Hidden
>Devices > Non-Plug and Play Drivers: beep.sys. This is
the speaker that (also) makes
>the beeps for your BIOS. It has nothing to do with your
soundcard which is why the
>Volume Control has no effect on it.
>-----Original Message-----
>ToggleKeys makes tones that are too loud !
>Apparently, the special beepings created by ToggleKeys
>(one of the Accessibility features of Windows) are not
>normal wave sounds like other "event sounds" in Windows.
>A user is not able to lower the volume of the warning
>tones using the advance sound controls. Even the "mute"
>selection has no effect on the tones. If used, the tones
>blare out so loud that they disturb me and everyone
within
>30 feet of me. My sound card is a Sigma Tel C-Major
Audio
>mixer installed on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop that
>operates with Windows XP. Can anyone suggest a solution
>that will not impair the other audio functions?
>
>Please post a reply because my email address is bogus.
>.
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