Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?

Thanks so much for the info - the damn keyboard beep was driving me *nuts*
(almost as nutty as the damn fan noise on the T40 i've got - I don't suppose
you've got a fix for that too, eh?? <fingers crossed> :-). Option number 3
worked like a charm! :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
To: "Monks, Peter" <peter.monks@vignette.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?

> I'm obviously in the minority here, Peter, but I still think you can -- at
your option -- change it to the less obtrusive default
> Windows sound or turn it off entirely.
>
> >From discussions of this issue that I've found on the web, it appears
that it is not uncommon in Windows XP for events/sounds
> portions of the registry to get corrupted, causing Windows to use that
loud internal system beep instead of the Windows event sound
> (varies by desktop theme, customizable).
>
> I read several suggested fixes; the following are mostly quotes. From
other people's responses, it sounds like #2 was the most
> successful.
>
> 1. Run regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\ . In the
entry "beep", replace the "yes" entries with "no" .
>
> *2. The previous solutions (NB: regarding fix for some missing keys)
didn't work for me since I do have the correct keys under
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents. I found that the data at the root of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER had been nulled, instead of "value not set"
> there was nothing. The solution is to delete the string - windows will
rebuild the correct one instantly and your sounds should be
> restored. It worked for my system.
> Before: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ
> After: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
>
> 3. No need to edit the registry. Just open the Device Manager, select
View -> Show Hidden Devices, and disable "Beep" under
> "Non-Plug and Play Drivers". It works on my Windows XP, and turns off even
the speaker on my motherboard, which I cannot just
> unplug.
>
> 4. If you have PictureShow 2 and your problem with the sound events
started after installation go to
> http://www.ulead.com/tech/dps/dps_ftp.htm
> to download a patch that will fix this issue.
>
> 5. Install and run Tweakui (part of Powertoys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp ).Under
> the General tab, unchecking Beep on Errors should get rid of many system
events sounds, and does not restore the default Windows
> sounds.
>

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Received on Mon Feb 16 18:01:28 2004