Monica said:
I am having the same problem and haven't a clue what
causes it but it is driving me mad. I hope someone can
help.
sound which I get when I click on a link in IE. It is as
annoying as a dripping water faucet, or even more so,
because I don't know what causes it. Is there some elf
that clicks on some link while I don't watch? Is there a
feasible way to find out short of stopping each program
and startup one by one? (My startups look innocent: they
are igfxtray, ctfmon, hkcmd, realmon, wcescomm, msmsgs
and the One Note Quick Launch.)What if I find out it is
IE, after all?
Since neither you nor the poster who hijacked your thread said what
you've done to troubleshoot: go to the Sounds applet in Control Panel
and uncheck everything. Click Apply and OK. Then, go to Start>Run and
type "msconfig" without the quotes. Go to the Startup tab and uncheck
igfxtray, realmon, and msmsgs. Perhaps realmon - which might be a
monitor of some sort for the ever-invasive program RealOne - is
clicking. Certainly, you should look in the program's preferences and
stop it from automatically looking for upgrades and monitoring. Check
and see if your Windows Messenger (msmsgs) is set to make noise, or if
you have another instant messenger client like AIM running. When the
clicking happens, open Task Manager and see what programs and processes
are running. And of course, you should always scan for spyware and
viruses with the appropriate tools to be sure your computer is clean.
Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.security.kolla.de
and Ad-aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure to update these programs
before running them. It is best to run antivirus and spyware removal
tools in Safe Mode.
Since no one can see your computer(s) from here, you'll have to try
these things and Sherlock what program might be responsible yourself.
After you've done some troubleshooting, if you still need help then
please repost. Be sure to include information about what you've already
done.
HTH,
Malke
