Using System Speaker (on motherboard)

[Guest]

I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5 speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play .wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as always. Thanks in advance,

Gerard - GMS
Programmer / Processor

 

[philo]

I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I

have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5
speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at
least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play
..wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as
always. Thanks in advance,

Gerard - GMS
Programmer / Processor

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=138857

 

[peplo]

just connect the cable from the pc speaker to the sound card connector....
look in the sound card manual for the right one....

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I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I

have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5
speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at
least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play
..wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as
always. Thanks in advance,

 

[Gena]

I guess you can do small changes like connect system speaker to your sound
card. Should work.

I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I

have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5
speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at
least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play
..wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as
always. Thanks in advance,

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Disabling the sound card should do what you want it to.

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Joseph Conway [MSFT]
Windows 2000/2003 Server group

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I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I

have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5
speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at
least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play
..wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as
always. Thanks in advance,

 

[Jeff Kish]

I have an easy one. How do you MAKE windows use the system speaker. I have about 15 PC's with sound cards, but my boss doesn't want to buy $5 speakers for them. I would like the system speaker on the motherboard to at least give a beep for certain events (IM's, etc...). I don't need to play .wav's on it, I just want a freakin' beep. Any help is appreciated as always. Thanks in advance,

Gerard - GMS
Programmer / Processor

I thought MessageBeep always worked pretty well no matter how configured the
pc is.
HTH,
Jeff Kish