MessageBeep does not sound anymore

[C.Aymon]

Hello,

On a W2K system, MessageBeep(0) (as programmed in applications) does not
sound anymore. Other system sounds are ok. It happened suddenly, after an
antivirus application (Norton) has been desinstalled. However, I am not sure
that the two things are correlated. Anything to look into the registry? Any
hint would be appreciated.

Christian

 

[Mark V]

Hello,

On a W2K system, MessageBeep(0) (as programmed in applications)
does not sound anymore. Other system sounds are ok. It happened
suddenly, after an antivirus application (Norton) has been
desinstalled. However, I am not sure that the two things are
correlated. Anything to look into the registry? Any hint would be
appreciated.

I'm afraid I cannot quite tell if this is invoking the System Default
Beep (wav) sound or the hardware BEEP.SYS driver "beep". I suspect it
is the CPL, Sounds and multimedia, Windows, Default Beep sound
assignment.

Possibly,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\.Default\
"@"="Default Beep"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Default\
...

 

[Mark V]

Hello,

On a W2K system, MessageBeep(0) (as programmed in applications)
does not sound anymore. Other system sounds are ok. It happened
suddenly, after an antivirus application (Norton) has been
desinstalled. However, I am not sure that the two things are
correlated. Anything to look into the registry? Any hint would be
appreciated.

I'm afraid I cannot quite tell if this is invoking the System Default
Beep (wav) sound or the hardware BEEP.SYS driver "beep". I suspect it
is the CPL, Sounds and multimedia, Windows, Default Beep sound
assignment.

Possibly,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\.Default\
"@"="Default Beep"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Default\
...

 

[Ndi]

I'm afraid I cannot quite tell if this is invoking the System Default

Beep (wav) sound or the hardware BEEP.SYS driver "beep".

Basically if you configured a sound and it DOES play (use the play button
in the applet) it will play through sound card. If it's (no sound) it does
precisely nothing. And on my machine (as tested) it still does nothing for
invalid filenames.

Try HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\Beep, to "yes".
also take a look at
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fault\

An application should beep through other ways if speaker beep is needed.
(Beep instead of MessageBeep(0))

Ndi