Error beep will not go away!

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Jeff

ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do something XP does
not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake my wife
<grin>).

Jeff
 
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Jeff said:
ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in
Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do
something
XP does not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake
my wife
<grin>).
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Disconnect the speakers?
 
Not trying to be a smart a$$ or anything, but have you tried turning the
speakers off, or disconnecting them?

xfiler
 
I did disconnect the speakers. This is a laptop and it had not effect on
the beeps.

Jeff

xfiler said:
Not trying to be a smart a$$ or anything, but have you tried turning the
speakers off, or disconnecting them?

xfiler

Jeff said:
ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do something XP
does
not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake my wife
<grin>).

Jeff
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Did that. Still beeps on delete confirmation every time I delete something
within Outlook Express.
Jeff said:
ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do something
XP does not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake my wife
<grin>).

Jeff
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Download tweakui from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

In the General section untic "Beep on errors". Ok out.

An alternate approach - don't make any errors.
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Jeff said:
Did that. Still beeps on delete confirmation every time I delete
something within Outlook Express.
Jeff said:
ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do something
XP does not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake my
wife <grin>).

Jeff
Click to expand...

Download tweakui from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

In the General section untic "Beep on errors". Ok out.

An alternate approach - don't make any errors.
Click to expand...
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Does the beep occur if you use the mouse/touchpad to delete or are you
using the Del key on the laptop's keyboard? If the latter, perhaps the
key itself is damaged. If this is the case, contact the laptop mftr.'s
tech support.

Malke
 
Does the beep occur if you use the mouse/touchpad to delete or are you
using the Del key on the laptop's keyboard? If the latter, perhaps the
key itself is damaged. If this is the case, contact the laptop mftr.'s
tech support.
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It occurs when I use the synaptic touchpad on this Dell Inspiron 8100
laptop. Right now it occurs while I am in Outlook Express 6 reading this
newsgroup, select a message to delete and with the touchpad select the red X
icon (for delete). This brings up a popup that asks me if I am sure I want
to permanently delete the file associated with a loud beep. I just cannot
figure it out.

Jeff


Malke said:
Jeff said:
Did that. Still beeps on delete confirmation every time I delete
something within Outlook Express.
Jeff wrote:

ON XP Home SP-2. I've turned all the sounds to [none] in Control
Panel/Sounds but I still get a beep when I for instance do something
XP does not like.

Is there a way to turn off all these error beeps? (They wake my
wife <grin>).

Jeff

Download tweakui from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

In the General section untic "Beep on errors". Ok out.

An alternate approach - don't make any errors.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Does the beep occur if you use the mouse/touchpad to delete or are you
using the Del key on the laptop's keyboard? If the latter, perhaps the
key itself is damaged. If this is the case, contact the laptop mftr.'s
tech support.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
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Jeff wrote:

It occurs when I use the synaptic touchpad on this Dell Inspiron 8100
laptop. Right now it occurs while I am in Outlook Express 6 reading
this newsgroup, select a message to delete and with the touchpad
select the red X
icon (for delete). This brings up a popup that asks me if I am sure I
want to permanently delete the file associated with a loud beep. I
just cannot figure it out.
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Look in the settings for the touchpad. This will be in the mouse applet
in Control Panel. It certainly sounds like you have a Windows sound
connected with the question event, but maybe there are options in the
touchpad software. Also, see if you have any Accessibility options
enabled. I'm totally reaching here - I have no idea if there are sounds
associated with events from Accessibility - maybe for people who have
vision problems.

Malke
 
Malke said:
Jeff wrote:



Look in the settings for the touchpad. This will be in the mouse
applet in Control Panel. It certainly sounds like you have a Windows
sound connected with the question event, but maybe there are options
in the touchpad software. Also, see if you have any Accessibility
options enabled. I'm totally reaching here - I have no idea if there
are sounds associated with events from Accessibility - maybe for
people who have vision problems.
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Thank you so much for hanging in with me. This is really wierd.

I checked the Accessibility Options and although there is a sound option it
is not checked to be on - but that was an excellent idea. I also looked at
the mouse and touchpad settings and there is nothing there.

I even went to the Trashcan properties and uncheckked the option to display
a delete confirmation dialog, but within Outlook Express - which is where it
is happening - the delete confirmation and darn beep still pops up. So it
looks like it is something in Outlook Express but I can find not option
there to turn it off. I even looked for a *.wav in the outlook folder to
rename it but could not find any!!

And it is a loud beep!

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
Thank you so much for hanging in with me. This is really wierd.

I checked the Accessibility Options and although there is a sound
option it is not checked to be on - but that was an excellent idea. I
also looked at the mouse and touchpad settings and there is nothing
there.

I even went to the Trashcan properties and uncheckked the option to
display a delete confirmation dialog, but within Outlook Express -
which is where it
is happening - the delete confirmation and darn beep still pops up.
So it looks like it is something in Outlook Express but I can find not
option
there to turn it off. I even looked for a *.wav in the outlook folder
to rename it but could not find any!!

And it is a loud beep!
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Then I'm really sorry, but I just don't know. Maybe you could have a
knowledgeable friend - someone who is *really* knowledgeable and not
someone who just *says* he is - take a look. Or a computer professional
who might be willing to have a quick look without charging. Or maybe
you'd be willing to pay because this is so annoying! ;-)

I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you. Some problems just need hands-on
examination.

Malke
 
I may have found a clue!

(This is a laptop I just moved to). I opened winamp to try the various
chimes in the Windows/Media folder and when I tried to play any of them I
got an error message that said
"Bad DirectSound driver. Please install proper drivers or select another
device in configuration".
So it may be that the proper drivers for the speakers is not installed and
therefore XP is bypassing them and going directly to the speakers. Now I
have to find out how to install the directsound driver.

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
I may have found a clue!

(This is a laptop I just moved to). I opened winamp to try the
various chimes in the Windows/Media folder and when I tried to play
any of them I got an error message that said
"Bad DirectSound driver. Please install proper drivers or select
another device in configuration".
So it may be that the proper drivers for the speakers is not installed
and therefore XP is bypassing them and going directly to the speakers.
Now I have to find out how to install the directsound driver.
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It looks like your troubleshooting is paying off. Reinstall the drivers
for your sound. Get them from the laptop mftr.'s website for your
specific model machine. Follow any installation instructions they may
have on the site.

Malke
 
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