Hourly chime

How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the hour? I
can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.

Garrett wrote:
> How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the hour? I
> can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.


What hourly chime? If you want assistance, you'll need to provide a
bit more information, such as what application you're using to produce
the chime. Then perhaps someone who is familiar with that specific
application can assist you.


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I'm not using any application other than what came with the computer. I
thought the chime was something that came with windows vista. The sound
itself is similar to the default sound scheme for vista so I was assuming it
was a windows setting. The only clock apps i have are the computer's clock
and the clock gadget that came with vista, both of which have no opption for
an alarm (that I know of or can find). Sorry if I was a little vague but I
thought this was some kind of standard setting.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Garrett wrote:
> > How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the hour? I
> > can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.
>
>
> What hourly chime? If you want assistance, you'll need to provide a
> bit more information, such as what application you're using to produce
> the chime. Then perhaps someone who is familiar with that specific
> application can assist you.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot
>

There is no hourly chime in Vista, you must be referring to a thirdparty
application.
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"Garrett" <> wrote in message
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> I'm not using any application other than what came with the computer. I
> thought the chime was something that came with windows vista. The sound
> itself is similar to the default sound scheme for vista so I was assuming
> it
> was a windows setting. The only clock apps i have are the computer's
> clock
> and the clock gadget that came with vista, both of which have no opption
> for
> an alarm (that I know of or can find). Sorry if I was a little vague but
> I
> thought this was some kind of standard setting.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
>> Garrett wrote:
>> > How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the
>> > hour? I
>> > can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.
>>
>>
>> What hourly chime? If you want assistance, you'll need to provide a
>> bit more information, such as what application you're using to produce
>> the chime. Then perhaps someone who is familiar with that specific
>> application can assist you.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
>> Help us help you:
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>
>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
>> Russell
>>
>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>> killed a great many philosophers.
>> ~ Denis Diderot
>>

I may suggest the following. Go to Control Panel>>Hardware and Sound>>Change
System Sounds and examine all system sounds for a possible association with
this periodicity.

You may save this default configuration (schema) to restore it later and
after that you can try to change some of the suspicious sounds to a very
easily recognizable sound that you will be able to immediately detect.

Then listened if you hear that sound instead of the chime. Should you be
able to find out what the culprit is, just change that system sound to
"none."

"Garrett" <> wrote in message
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> How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the hour?
> I
> can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.

It's one of the calendar gadgets you can get for the Sidebar. Can't
remember which one now, but it has a checkbox to silence the alarm.
Unfortunately it doesn't remember the checkbox setting, so each time you
reboot it starts chiming again.

Damn nuisance. Uninstall it.

SteveT

That's what it must have been. I didn't find out which, I just unistalled
all gadgets and reset the defalt ones and now it's gone. I thing I was going
down the wrong path looking for a CLOCK option, I didn't realize a calender
gadget might have been causing the chime. Thanks!

"Steve Thackery" wrote:

> It's one of the calendar gadgets you can get for the Sidebar. Can't
> remember which one now, but it has a checkbox to silence the alarm.
> Unfortunately it doesn't remember the checkbox setting, so each time you
> reboot it starts chiming again.
>
> Damn nuisance. Uninstall it.
>
> SteveT
>
>

I tried that originally but couldn't find whatever made that sound. That was
one of the reasons I was confused - it sounded like a windows sound but
apparently it wasn't. Thanks though.

"AlexB" wrote:

> I may suggest the following. Go to Control Panel>>Hardware and Sound>>Change
> System Sounds and examine all system sounds for a possible association with
> this periodicity.
>
> You may save this default configuration (schema) to restore it later and
> after that you can try to change some of the suspicious sounds to a very
> easily recognizable sound that you will be able to immediately detect.
>
> Then listened if you hear that sound instead of the chime. Should you be
> able to find out what the culprit is, just change that system sound to
> "none."
>
> "Garrett" <> wrote in message
> news:2F2B9028-CF8C-4D9A-86C3-...
> > How do I turn off this hourly chime that happens every hour on the hour?
> > I
> > can't find an option to turn it off anywhere.
>
>