Disable Windows XP beep prompts

In Windows ApplicationsProgramThe beep function is sometimes used to improve the alarm level. However, the alarm sound is disturbing during application debugging, particularly, the buzzer sound in the DELL notebook is even louder. How can we remove this annoying beep sound without changing the hardware?

 

Right-click my computer> Manage> Device Manager ".
Open the "View" item in the menu and click "show hidden devices ".

 

 

 

Expand the new plug-and-play driver, find the "beep" item, right-click the item, and click Properties.

 

 

In the displayed dialog box, select "do not use this device (disable)" in the "device usage" column and click "OK" (or right-click the previous step and choose "Disable ). At this time, the system will prompt you to restart before it takes effect.

 

 

 

After restarting the system, we can find that the annoying beep sound is gone forever.

 

There are also the following methods:

1. Disable the device source of the "tick" sound

This is provided by the beep driver service. You can set the beep driver Startup type to disabled. Open the CMD window and run the following command:
SC config beep start = disabled

 

2. Stop the beep driver

Run the following command:
SC stop beep

3. Modify in the Registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound

Beep: No