System Beep only silenced through Master Mute on D800

Question

I have some programs on XP that are written to emit a hardware beep() - not an XP system sound.  The beep cannot be silenced except by hitting the master mute button on the D800.  There appears to be no BIOS option on the Latitude D800 to disable this sound. Any ideas on how to disable system beep without shutting down all sounds? Thanks

j44 · Answer

I get the same problem ... very annoying when working on a train!  Nothing seems to silence it. Regards, James

j44 · Answer

Try opening a DOS box, type net stop beep!!!  Stops BEEP.SYS ... you can go into the registry and set the BEEP service to start type 4 - disabled to make the change permenant. James

NEWBiE.DK · Answer

how about a permanent solution? i need something for my linux!!! =( Message Edited by NEWBiE.DK on 07-23-2003 12:07 PM

j44 · Answer

The user is experiencing a problem with a hardware beep on their Latitude D800 laptop running XP. The beep cannot be silenced except by hitting the master mute button. They are looking for a way to disable the system beep without shutting down all sounds. Another user suggests running the command NET STOP BEEP, which stops the BEEP service. They also mention that to stop it permanently, the user can set the BEEP service to manual or disabled.

NEWBiE.DK · Answer

works like a charm... on windows... but i really need something for linux... =( but thanks for the tip...

Danger-Mouse · Answer

Hiya,   this particular problem was bugging me big time  until I found your tip..thanks. Where exactly in the registry is the setting to disable this annoying feature???   thanks, dm

freonchill · Answer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep set start from 1 (default) to 0 that should work

TDunn · Answer

Anyone try the Advanced Controls for Volume Control??Under Other Controls check the PC Spk Mute. ...........................TD

freonchill · Answer

that mutes the on-board (on the laptop) speakers - completely

i dont have any headfones handy to see if sound works through them, while onboard speakers are muted

oh, and my reg hack above doesnt work

Message Edited by freonchill on 04-06-2004 06:44 PM

ayotte · Answer

Try running the command NET STOP BEEP. This is no joke, it works!
This stops the BEEP service ... this will be restarted when the system is rebooted, to stop it permenantly, set the BEEP service to manual ot disabled

Does anyone know if this works on a CPxJ? And could someone walk me through the procedure to make this change permanent?

Louise

WiG · Answer

Open Notepad, copy the text BETWEEN #BEGIN# and #END# and save it to a textfile and name it stop-beep.reg. Close Notepad, then double-click the file that you just saved. Done.

##### BEGIN #####

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep]
"Start"=dword:00000004

##### END #####

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