How to Disable System Beep in Windows 7
By Florina Muntenescu on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 21:03
As most of you have noticed, when you press the wrong key, when an error dialog pops up or when you use volume control, you hear a beep. After doing this a couple of times, that beep can get quite annoying. Therefore, in this tutorial, I will show you how to disable it in Windows 7, to make sure it remains silent and it doesn't bother you anymore. As you will see, there are two ways you can do this, both methods being relatively simple.
Disabling the System Beep from Computer Management
Right click the Computer icon located on your desktop, or in the Start Menu. Then, select Manage from the drop-down list.
From the Computer Management window, go to 'System tools -> Device Manager'.
In the View menu select 'Show hidden devices'.
Expand the list of devices under 'Non-Plug and Play Drivers' and select Beep.
Right click the Beep item and select Properties.
In the 'Beep Properties' window, go to the Driver tab.
In the Startup section, scroll down the Type list, select Disable and click the OK button.
After a restart, the system beep is disabled. If you want to stop it right away, click on the Stop button before closing the Beep Properties window.
Disabling the System Beep from the Control Panel
In the Control Panel, go to Hardware and Sound. Under Sound, click on 'Change system sounds'.
From the Sound window, select the Sound tab. In the Program Events list, click on Default Beep.
Under Sounds, select None. Click the OK button when you have finished.
By doing this, you disable the system beep for the currently active sound scheme. If you will change your sound scheme to a new one, the system beep may be enabled again. Therefore you'll have to change this setting again.
Conclusion
As shown in this article, the procedure for disabling the irritating system beep is pretty simple. If you encounter any problems with any of the procedures above, don't hesitate to leave a comment. Also, for more information on how to customize the visuals and sounds in your Windows 7 computer, check out the articles recommended below.
Related articles:
How to Disable or Enable Windows 7's Startup Sound
How To Customize the Sound Scheme Used on Your Computer
How to Change the Default Playback & Recording Audio Device
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awesome thx
awesome thx
Its worked for most things,
Its worked for most things, but when I turn the volume up manually I can still hear the beep.
I followed the instructions
I followed the instructions up to the "Non Plug And Play Drivers" select "Beep". In my desperation to get rid of the volume control beep, I chose "Uninstall" instead of "Properties". Now the "Beep" driver is gone and I can not start over again and follow the instructions carefully this time.
Is there a way to re-install the "Beep" driver so that I can get into the "Beep Properties" window?
Thank you.
In this tutorial there is a
In this tutorial there is a section called Disabling the System Beep from the Control Panel.
Follow the instructions in that one and see if it works. If you uninstalled it, you might not hear the beep at all.
I tried both methods for
I tried both methods for disabling that annoying beep and neither worked. What's worse, this was an issue when I first got my computer a month ago and these instructions worked. SOMEthing happened to make the beep start up again today and I'm desperate to make it stop. Any other suggestions? I don't think uninstalling is what I want. (?) Thanks
This sounds strange. Are you
This sounds strange. Are you sure you keep hearing the System Beep and not something else, like the Windows startup sound or, maybe a sound scheme?
It wasn't the system start-up
It wasn't the system start-up sound, but a little beep everytime I opened a new IE window. I finally gave up and did a system restore 3 days back and now it's gone. No idea what happened, but some changes had automatically happened with the opening of an un-solicited email from "groupons" and when I tried to block their address...what a hassle!
Same problem here, I knew how
Same problem here, I knew how to disable it this way, but with instealling new framework, the beep came back, and now even if i disable it, it keeps working :s
Great!! Its worked for my
Great!! Its worked for my WINDOWS 7 Ultimate...
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