Disable System Bell Windows XP

We all hate the System Bell in Windows. Some people resort to opening up their pc and unpluging the wire, or even cutting it.

Follow these simple steps to turn it off:

Device Manager –> View –> Show hidden devices

Non-Plug and Play Drivers –> Beep –> Disable

Leave a comment to say thinks.

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4 Responses to “Disable System Bell Windows XP”

  1. Matthias Blume Says:
    October 14th, 2009 at 4:44 am

    Thank you, David! No more eardrum-piercing beeps when greping through UTF8 files in Cygwin….

  2. Martin Dunne Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Well!

    You spelt thanks wrong at the end of your post but it was pretty good so I’ll say thinks as requested! :-)

    I’ve linked you from my new internal Government blog, you should see absolutely no difference in traffic but it would be nice for the appreciation of the thought :-)

  3. dannystaple Says:
    February 13th, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    David, thanks for your help in getting a post here.

    The info is very handy too, it is a real shame that this requires a system restart before it works – typical Windows there…

    I liked this tip – I have a collection of system beep disabling links for different OS’s on my website. http://www.squidoo.com/dannyscomputertips#module36211522 – This tip has been added to the list there.

    Now to figure out if my BIOS supports disabling the startup/POST beep too. I may just disconnect that internal speaker – but some MOBO’s have an onboard beeper…

  4. levin Says:
    May 4th, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    Thanks, fixed my world

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