turn off beep when MessageBox.Show()

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John Lee

Hi,

It's anoying each time the computer beeps when MessageBox.Show() popsup - I
turned off all sound in control panel - audio setting but it still beeps.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!
John
 
Hi John,

I believe the beep is in the PC speaker, correct?

Regards,
Andrei Pociu
Geekpedia.com
 
Yes - I guess so, Dell latitude D800 laptop :)

Andrei Pociu said:
Hi John,

I believe the beep is in the PC speaker, correct?

Regards,
Andrei Pociu
Geekpedia.com
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Hi John,

Based on my local test, the beeps caused by the MessageBox is set through
the

"Default Beep" item of Sound SChema under the "Sounds" tab of the "Sounds
and Audio devices" setting under Windows Control Panel.

So we can open Control Panel ---> Sounds and Audio Devices ----> Sounds

Then, in the "Program events" list, select "Default Beep" item, (I'm using
XP pro system), the default setting is

"Windows XP Ding.wav" , we can change it to other wav file or "None"
(MessageBox won't cause beep sound).

Also, the above "Default Beep" item setting can also be set through the
following registry key:

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

You can change its (default) value to empty so as to make the same effect
as you set "None" to "Default Beep" in control panel.

Please have a test on your side to see whether it also works. Hope helps.

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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Hi John,

Any progress on this problem? Is the information I provided in the former
message helpful? If there is anything else we can help, please feel free to
post here. Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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same problem as John regarding system beep

Hello Steven, John

In Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds, I turned off all sounds.

I do not have speakers, just the PC speaker.

In System->Hardware->Device Manager->System Devices, I disabled System Speaker.

Still I have the annoying beep. Can you help?

Thanks,
Dan
 
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