Note to configure the sounds played by your soundcard use the Control Panel and open the following applet:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel \Sound]
Beep = "No" (Enabled = "Yes")
Note if using Win2k/WinXP then one can also use the Device manager to disable the Non-Plug and Play Driver called Beep (Hidden Device).
- Sounds (Win95/98)
- Sounds and Multimedia (WinMe)
- Sound Schemes (WinNT4)
- Sounds and multimedia (Win2k)
- Sounds and Audio Devices (WinXP)
Use the following line in a cmd window (or directly in the run box if WinXP):
sc config beep start= disabled
Leave the space behind start= or it will not work.
Also note that under Vista you need to run cmd as administrator for the command to succeed this will permanently disable your speaker beeps, which can be very annoying if you selected the No Sound scheme in Control Panel with the sound in your earphones moderately loud and then a speaker beep scares the hell out of you.