Comments on: Turn Off the Annoying Windows XP System Beeps

By: Derek Domino

Derek Domino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:11:30 +0000

Unlike almost everyone here I find the volume beep really useful. It’s a quick test that sound is working and is handy to set the level befroe you start doing something. They could have made it a settable option though, as it obviously annoys lots of people.

By: Hellemans lieve

Hellemans lieve — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:21:09 +0000

I need the different beep explicatation for my computerlessons on Thursday 19 November 2009.
Can You help m please?

Where can I find this?

Thank you very Much.

Kindly Regards,

Lieve Hellemans

By: andy

andy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:51:01 +0000

thanks – as above – blowing my eardrums when listening with headphones – excellent job !

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:59 +0000

Great Article! Thanks so much i bookmarked it and use it anytime I have a new computer or reset mine. Disables that annoying beep every time! Thanks.

By: David

David — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:06:27 +0000

Thanks – very useful article

By: urri

urri — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:51:22 +0000

To disable the PC Speaker beep from the command line type the following: net stop beep

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:15:27 +0000

I don’t have access to the registry or Device Manager on my work PC, so I have put drugninja’s command:

sc stop beep && sc config beep start= disable

in a .bat file in my startup folder.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000

I watch webinars and listen to training calls all the time and have to adjust volume for each. I prefer to use earphones which helps drown out ambient noise but when I adjust volume, that beep just about blows my eardrums out. Why someone thought it imperative to add this “feature” is beyond me but a million thanks for the instructions on how to disable it.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:47:26 +0000

Thanks so much! I just recently wiped my computer clean and put XP on it. . . Vista was awful. . . And for some reason I was getting all of these system beeps every time I clicked on something twice etc. I use my computer a lot in class and did not want to have to deal with this lol. Your instructions were very simple. I appreciate it!

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:45:45 +0000

My computer “purrs” to me – I have narrowed it down by watching Task Manager “processes” & when it purrs the only process that runs at exactly the same time is BCMWLTRY.exe or WLTRYSVC.exe
This is quite annoying and I would like to get it to stop…but how?