Unwanted Sounds

Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007

Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
saved the setting as "My own".

However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when closing a
programme after pasting something and closing E7.

Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?

TIA or any help.

Ed

Hi,
Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run in
the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run MSCONFIG
((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs for
options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>
> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
> saved the setting as "My own".
>
> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when closing
a
> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>
> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>
> TIA or any help.
>
> Ed

Thanks, Don.

I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of which
make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the most
irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of those -
nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!

Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.

Ed







"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run in
> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
> MSCONFIG
> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs
> for
> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>
>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>
>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>> closing
> a
>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>
>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>
>> TIA or any help.
>>
>> Ed
>

"Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thanks, Don.
>
> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of which
> make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the most
> irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of those -
> nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>
> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.

You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track down
the process that is emitting the sound.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run
>> in
>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>> MSCONFIG
>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs
>> for
>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>
>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>
>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>> closing
>> a
>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>
>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>
>>> TIA or any help.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>
>

One hears that Beano's pretty effective, Ed.

Ed O'Brien wrote:
> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>
> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
> saved the setting as "My own".
>
> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when closing
> a
> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>
> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>
> TIA or any help.
>
> Ed

Sorry to be so long coming back, Donald.

I have downloaded Process Monitor and at 64% and around 500,000 entries into
it it looks like being another half hour to run. I really want to get rid of
these noises, but frankly, how am I to locate a noise?

Ed


"Donald Anadell" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Thanks, Don.
>>
>> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of
>> which make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the most
>> irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of those -
>> nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>>
>> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>
> You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track down
> the process that is emitting the sound.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx
>
> Good luck,
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run
>>> in
>>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>>> MSCONFIG
>>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs
>>> for
>>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Don
>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>
>>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>>
>>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
>>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>>
>>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>>> closing
>>> a
>>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>>
>>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>>
>>>> TIA or any help.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>
>>
>
>

Sorry to be so long coming back, Donald.

I have downloaded Process Monitor and at 64% and around 500,000 entries into
it it looks like being another half hour to run. I really want to get rid of
these noises, but frankly, how am I to locate a noise? How would you appoach
it?

Ed


"Donald Anadell" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Thanks, Don.
>>
>> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of
>> which make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the most
>> irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of those -
>> nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>>
>> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>
> You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track down
> the process that is emitting the sound.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx
>
> Good luck,
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run
>>> in
>>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>>> MSCONFIG
>>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs
>>> for
>>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Don
>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>
>>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>>
>>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
>>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>>
>>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>>> closing
>>> a
>>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>>
>>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>>
>>>> TIA or any help.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>
>>
>
>

Thanks, PA... I fell for it.

Ed


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> One hears that Beano's pretty effective, Ed.
>
> Ed O'Brien wrote:
>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>
>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps and
>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>
>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>> closing a
>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>
>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>
>> TIA or any help.
>>
>> Ed
>

"Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
news:364AE0CC-76D4-4393-B218-...
> Sorry to be so long coming back, Donald.
>
> I have downloaded Process Monitor and at 64% and around 500,000 entries
> into it it looks like being another half hour to run. I really want to get
> rid of these noises, but frankly, how am I to locate a noise?

If you have a certain set of sequences that produces the unknown sound on
your machine, then start Process Monitor and go through that sequence.

Once you've produced the sound, then stop capturing in Process Monitor by
hitting CTRL + E and it will stop capturing events.

Then use the search function in Process Monitor(Edit||Find) to search for
any reference the .wav file in the captured events.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell



>
> Ed
>
>
> "Donald Anadell" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Thanks, Don.
>>>
>>> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of
>>> which make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the most
>>> irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of those -
>>> nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>>
>> You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track
>> down the process that is emitting the sound.
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Donald Anadell
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and run
>>>> in
>>>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>>>> MSCONFIG
>>>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these programs
>>>> for
>>>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Don
>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>
>>>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>>>
>>>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil using
>>>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps
>>>>> and
>>>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>>>> closing
>>>> a
>>>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA or any help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Thank you, Donald.

I'll try all that.

Ed


"Donald Anadell" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
> news:364AE0CC-76D4-4393-B218-...
>> Sorry to be so long coming back, Donald.
>>
>> I have downloaded Process Monitor and at 64% and around 500,000 entries
>> into it it looks like being another half hour to run. I really want to
>> get rid of these noises, but frankly, how am I to locate a noise?
>
> If you have a certain set of sequences that produces the unknown sound on
> your machine, then start Process Monitor and go through that sequence.
>
> Once you've produced the sound, then stop capturing in Process Monitor by
> hitting CTRL + E and it will stop capturing events.
>
> Then use the search function in Process Monitor(Edit||Find) to search for
> any reference the .wav file in the captured events.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> "Donald Anadell" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Thanks, Don.
>>>>
>>>> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of
>>>> which make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the
>>>> most irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all of
>>>> those - nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>>>>
>>>> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>>>
>>> You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track
>>> down the process that is emitting the sound.
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>>
>>> Donald Anadell
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and
>>>>> run in
>>>>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>>>>> MSCONFIG
>>>>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these
>>>>> programs for
>>>>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Don
>>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ed O'Brien" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-...
>>>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil
>>>>>> using
>>>>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and beeps
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>>>>> closing
>>>>> a
>>>>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA or any help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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