System notification (?)

[Opinicus]

Control Panels > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds > Windows > System
Notification

The sound normally associated with this is Windows XP Balloon.wav. I've
turned off those annoying balloons with Tweak but I'm still getting the
little "plop" sound from time to time. The sound is accompanied by very
brief movement at the left of the system tray. I've scoured my system for
viruses and spyware and it's clean. Changing the "System Notification" sound
to "None" gets rid of the annoying sound, but what am I being notified
about?

What does "System Notification" do?

(Note: I recently did a completely fresh installation of WinXP Home after
replacing a frazzled motherboard.)

 

[Malke]

Control Panels > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds > Windows > System
Notification

The sound normally associated with this is Windows XP Balloon.wav.
I've turned off those annoying balloons with Tweak but I'm still
getting the little "plop" sound from time to time. The sound is
accompanied by very brief movement at the left of the system tray.
I've scoured my system for viruses and spyware and it's clean.
Changing the "System Notification" sound to "None" gets rid of the
annoying sound, but what am I being notified about?

What does "System Notification" do?

(Note: I recently did a completely fresh installation of WinXP Home
after replacing a frazzled motherboard.)

The sound is probably coming from a program you've installed, not
Windows. Some sort of popup blocker or security program perhaps? See
what is running in the background and then look in the various
programs' options for sound effects.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke