Questions tagged [system-sounds]
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Windows keeps making these random "device connect" and "device disconnect" sounds
Throughout the day I notice that my computer makes apparently random device-connect and/or device-disconnect ("boink") sounds.
I suppose it is the same sound you hear when connecting or ...
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Firefox: How to turn off "beep on error"
Using openSuse 13.1 with KDE and FF 25.0
In my bashrc -- both for root and user -- I use
xset b off
to disable the "beep on error" for all programs. FF seems to be the only one to ignore this, ...
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A shortcut on desktop for opening advanced sound output page
Basically, I want to get to this page as quickly as possible
So, is there a way to get here other than going into settings sound ?
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How to find out which program a default beep is coming from in Windows 7?
There's a "default beep" (as defined in System Sounds) that emanates from my computer every so often.
It kind of goes like this (where each number is a "default beep" sound): 1, 2, ...
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What replaced sndrec32 from Windows XP in Windows 7?
I have a small VB Script that calls a system sound as an alert. In Windows XP I used sndrec32 to play that sound. But sndrec32 was not continued in Vista and Windows 7. It was light and quick and ...
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How to disable USB connect notification sound?
I've asked a similar question before, but that one was too much focused on fixing the underlaying problem. I don't have high hopes that this is fixable, it might be some sort of spasm of my mainboard.
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Disable beep sound when plugging/unplugging laptop charger
My issue is the same as in this question, but none of the answers there helped solving my problem, so I'm hoping to get alternative suggestions here.
My laptop (Acer Aspire S5-391 with Windows 10 ...
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Disable Windows sound when some operation is performed that is not possible
Scenario: I am using the Find in the Notepad++ on Windows 10 and searching for a text inside a note. When it doesn't find it, there is a ring sound that happens.
I want to disable this sound which ...
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Stop volume change noise when Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones connected on Windows 10
When my Sennheiser HD 4.50 BTNC Bluetooth headphones are connected to my Windows 10 PC - changing the volume makes a beeping noise.
This is the case whether I press the volume button on the ...
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Windows 7 lowering volume without my consent
Sometimes when several system sounds play at once, Windows 7 will forcibly lower their volume even though I have disabled automatic volume reduction in Sound -> Communications.
In my case, I have ...
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Disable "unlock" sound in Windows 8
I hate when my PC gives me feedback with sounds, so the first thing I do after I install windows is disable all of them. Recently, I upgraded to Windows 8 and I can't find the option to disable the ...
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Running local commands on OSX when command completes in ssh session
On my OS/X laptop, I can type "say done", and my mac says "done".
Locally, I'd just do:
do-something.sh && say done
And that lets me go screw around in separate windows/desktops until the ...
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Beep sound in remote desktop
First of all, I don't like sounds (because I play a lot of media), therefore I have all system sounds disabled. However, whenever I'm using Remote Desktop (with the remote system muted), I get beeping ...
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Why does Windows 8 plays a sound when I switch on an external light?
I bought a new PC last week with Windows 8 on it.
The PC is plugged into the master socket of a power strip. I also have a small lamp plugged into the same power strip.
When I turn that lamp on or ...
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How can I turn off notification sounds in Microsoft Teams?
Every time I get a notification banner I also get a sound. The banner is fine, the sound is not.
This support article of Microsoft states:
To choose if a sound plays with each new notification, ...
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Device disconnected sound in Windows 7 while monitor is in energy save
When Windows 7 power management turns off my monitor after the set time, it starts repeatedly playing the "Device Disconnected" sound. I know Windows is playing this sound because it no longer senses ...
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Windows 10 regularly playing the "disconnect" sound
On my Windows 10 desktop, I keep hearing this sound, now about every 30 minutes, sometimes multiple times in a row :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjkQzPsKv1Y
This is the sound played when ...
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Windows custom sound events
Say for example I want to make windows 7 play a sound every time I open Firefox
This is what I do:
With regedit I create the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER->AppEvents->EventLabels->Firefox (default = ...
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3.5mm nub to insert into computer for easy mute?
I've always liked the fact that when you plug headphones into the headphone jack of my laptop, the laptop will not make a sound. For example, if I'm in a class and I need to restart my computer, I'll ...
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Removing MJAudioRecorder from sound preferences in macOS Mojave?
I'm trying to remove MJAudioRecorder from my machine. Is this file associated with anything else? I don't remember ever installing it. Thanks to this site, I successfully removed Boom2.
See screenshot:...
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Is there any way to set the volume of the system beep in Windows?
The system beep, which I hear quite often while doing things at the (msysgit) bash command prompt in Windows, is set to a volume that is disproportionately louder than everything else coming out of my ...
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How do I change or disable the annoying sound when the machine hibernates?
Whenever my machine hibernates or awakens from hibernation, it plays the chimes.wav sound in a most annoying manner.
I've looked everywhere in the control panel and cannot see how to turn this off or ...
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Mute MacBook at startup, both chime and volume
I've got a MacBook Pro Mid 2014 on High Sierra and I would like to know if there is any way to mute the laptop at startup? So not only do I want the chime to be muted (there are 100x posts about this) ...
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Windows 10 custom startup/login/unlock sounds not playing correctly
I am running the latest version of Windows 10 (clean install + update a few days ago), and I am trying to set my startup/shutdown, login/logoff, and unlock sounds to be the windows XP startup and ...
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Windows 7 sounds tab missing
This "Sounds" tab is gone from my system:
I have sound on my laptop, anything I playback has sound, I can even switch theme profiles and sounds change (as evidenced by the "welcome" sound that I hear ...
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Is there a maximum length for Windows system sounds?
I want to set a song as my Windows 7 start-up sound. So I picked a song, trimmed it, and converted to a .WAV file.
I proceeded to add this file as a Windows log-in sound through Personalize > ...
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Windows 7 system sounds disabled/wont play
I am using Windows 7 pro 64 and am having a problem where none of the system sounds will play. All other audio seems to be working as per usual; it is only the system sounds that aren't working.
I ...
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Windows doesn't switch audio inputs automatically
I upgraded my PC a while back and changed the motherboard. I have a pair of speaker connected from the back of my PC and they work fine. The problem is that when I connect my headphones, the system ...
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Sound with CAPS LOCK key
I run Windows 7 with a Microsoft Ergo 4000 keyboard. Please, how do I get the system to make a noise when I press the CAPS LOCK key.
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Removing the Apple sound effect when changing volume levels in a boot camp assisted installation of Windows 8
I find the sound effect that plays when you adjust the volume levels on a mac very annoying. The issue is I can't find a way to remove this on the windows side of my mac. I'm fairly certain I ...
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Make windows sounds use the motherboard/internal beeper instead of the default sound device?
Is it possible to have windows sounds — either just the notification sound or all sounds, whichever is easier — come from the PC Speaker instead of the windows' default sound device? I'm talking about ...
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Strange. Asterisk key plays random Windows sound when pressed
This is a new one on me.
When I press the "asterisk", or * button on my number pad (but not SHIFT+8), Windows makes either a "Exclamation" or "Windows ding" sound. I haven't noticed a pattern to which ...
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No Sound on TV when Laptop connected through HDMI, but is listed as Default Device
Yesterday, I was watching some movies on my TV through my laptop, using the HDMI cable, it was working just fine. But this morning when I plugged it in, there is absolutely no sound. Both the TV and ...
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Disable startup sound mac (Sierra)
Is there a way to disable the startup sound with Sierra? I saw that some 3rd party apps and sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%0 used to be able to work but not past Snow Leopard.
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How do I disable the Skype shutdown sound on Windows 10?
The question says it all. How can I get rid of that irritant?
I have tried through control panel with no success and cannot find a solution for it.
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Outlook playing sounds despite sounds being disabled
Outlook 2007 (12.0.6691.5000) is playing a sound when I receive new emails in my inbox even though I have the sound option disabled. I believe this started happening only yesterday, completely at ...
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How to disable the navigation sound in Windows Media Center?
When I navigate through Windows Media Center, each step is accompanied by a small bleep sound. When I turn off the display, but WMC remains at the TV guide, then this sound is repeated every time the ...
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Windows 10 startup-sound
Is there a way to get the startup sound back in Windows 10?
If there is a way to enable it, can you change it to your own sound? Or can you change the logon-sound to one if the other things don't work?...
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Windows 8 x64 sound settings keep resetting automatically
I like using the OS with no system sounds, no asterisks, error bleeps, etc. I like to keep "no sounds" as my sound scheme but every so often it happens that the system will start making sounds and the ...
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How to remove Program Events from the Sound control panel?
I have Program Events in the Sound control panel (mmsys.cpl) for TortoiseSVN, which is no longer installed on my computer.
How can I remove them?
I have tried reinstalling and unintallting the ...
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How can I disable the startup sound on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6? [duplicate]
How can I disable the startup sound on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6?
I have tried using Psst (deactivated now because it didn't work)
And also the Startup Sound Preference Pane:
Looks like Psst works for ...
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Sounds stop on Windows 10 after a while
When I play music on my Laptop, it keeps playing for about 20 seconds then the sounds stop completely. I've checked the sound drivers and updated them to the latest version but didn't change anything. ...
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System sound distorted by Firefox
If my computer plays a system sound while Firefox is loading, or while it has an open tab containing content with sound, the system sound file is terribly distorted; raspy and buzzy like it is playing ...
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The Windows shutdown sound task I created is cut off
I am doing a little project to challenge myself as I love messing around with computers. A project I started long ago was to try and create a shutdown sound for my Windows 10 OS on my computer. I did ...
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Beep program not able to open any device
I am running Debian Stable Linux which is otherwise working very well. I have installed beep package with command apt install beep. There were no errors. However, the command beep is not working. ...
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How to specify custom a sound scheme within a Windows theme file?
In Windows, one can create custom themes, defined by .theme files. Each theme also contains a sound scheme for audio cues, as specified in the Sounds section of the .theme file:
[Sounds]
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Where is 'physical disconnect of USB drive' sound located in Windows 10?
All the answers I get from search engines give me the sound for 'ejecting' a USB drive and not the sound played when I actually pull the drive, which I am trying to change. I haven't found this ...
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Windows 10 laptop sound problems
I have had this laptop (Windows 10 pro Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Gaming - core i7 9th generation) for about 2 years now. But lately I've been experiencing sound problems (no sound at all coming out of my ...
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Is it possible to write a script that modifies the windows system sound settings?
Is there a way to set the "Asterisk" and "Exclamation" event window sounds to "NONE" through a script? The script could just follow the same steps as we do through GUI i....
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