Turning off win xp master volume beep sound

September 24, 2008

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Aren’t you annoyed by the beep that is so loud?

I got pretty frustrated after trying to look for disablement under volume control preferences. Nothing there. Also turning off all sound notifications at control panel (including Exclamation sound) didn’t help.

Still nothing, just one aloud beep.

Windows Master Volume Control

Windows XP Volume Control

Here’s the quickest way I found to disable it:

Go to My Computer
rightclick for Properties
tab Hardware
button Device Manager
menu View
set checkbox Show Hidden Devices
navigate to Non-Plug and Play drivers
open Beep
tab Drivers
button Stop
combo Disabled
button OK
Congratulations!

Windows XP Volume Control

Disabling beep driver forever

If you find a better way, please let me know

7 Comments

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Nice trick! Thanks!
Don’t think there is another way.

Maddy

Posted September 24, 2008 at 4:11 pm | Permalink
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You’re my hero!

kristel

Posted September 24, 2008 at 4:46 pm | Permalink
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Thank you. Very helpfull. Was very annoying and your solution is great.

Dave

Posted January 11, 2009 at 9:51 am | Permalink
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Thanks a lot for this, really helpful.

Jason

Posted March 4, 2009 at 12:23 pm | Permalink
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Thank you soooo much !!!!! You are THE MAN !!!!! That beep had been driving me crazy….Finally….PEACE…..lol

Ken

Posted November 28, 2009 at 8:34 pm | Permalink
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THANK-YOU!!!!! I was honestly about to, well, let’s just leave it as ‘thank-you!’

bk

Posted February 4, 2010 at 10:17 pm | Permalink
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You are a LEGEND.
Thanks a lot. I’ve searching for that fix for a long time.

Richard Scrivener

Posted February 6, 2010 at 7:43 am | Permalink