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

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
>
>
>

Have you thought about contacting Dell and asking them about their beep codes. That will tell you what is causing it.
Just a thought

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Peter

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"Ste" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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
>
>

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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
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

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"Ste" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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
>
>

Are you answering me ?? I am not the OP

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>

Beg your Pardon, it was directed to the OP.
I replied into the wrong part of the thread.

"Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Are you answering me ?? I am not the OP

--
Peter

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>

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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6D75FEE8-0279-40C3-BF60-(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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
>>
>>
>>

I haven't yet as I assumed it was a Windows thing rather than a Dell thing?

Ste

"Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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
>
>

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:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>

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/downlo...ertoySetup.exe


"Ste" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:46e01aee$0$11450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:46dfddf5$0$13933$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>