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I have set the Windows sound scheme to No Sounds and I still hear some beeps on certain actions. Is there a way to turn off these beeps too?

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Coming from the sound card, or from the system speaker? – jan Jul 16 '09 at 9:47
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start -> run -> net stop beep

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This works but I think you have to run it every time you restart. If you put "net stop beep" in an empty text file called "something.bat" and then put a shortcut to it in your startup folder on the Start menu then it will always run. You can edit the shortcut to make it run minimized. – tjrobinson Jul 16 '09 at 8:25
If you want it this way every time you restart your PC, I think it's better to just disable the service like you suggest in another answer ;-) – fretje Jul 16 '09 at 9:36
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I've found this blog post which suggests:

Start > Run > sc stop beep && sc config beep start=disabled

I couldn't test it myself but it should stop the beep and also disable the beep service permanently (or at least until you re-enable it), so there's no need to run it every time or set up a .bat file.

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This indeed works - stops the service now and disables it from running on next boot. – Piskvor Jul 16 '09 at 8:50
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If you're on Windows XP you can use TweakUI:

  1. General
  2. Settings
  3. Uncheck: Beep on errors
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For a GUI approach:

Start -> Run -> devmgmt.msc [Enter] -> View -> Show hidden Devices.

then in the window:

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

There is also the option here to keep it like this permanently when you restart, which I think the net command will not do.

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It's worth adding that this may require a reboot before it works – tjrobinson Jul 16 '09 at 8:29
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If you're on vista, open the Volume Mixer Dialogue box in the bottom right corner of the start bar and set Windows Sounds to Mute. You have to right-click it and manually select Volume Mixer as opposed to double clicking the speaker.

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I actually had an issue where beeps were coming from my keyboard and my media keys, in particular the mute button played a short beep, kind of defeating the purpose when I wanted to shut my PC up.

I looked everywhere for a solution, and finally stumbled across the option when I was tinkering around with my bios settings, where there was a simple option to turn off keyboard beeps. Make sure to check there if the OS options are being ignored, especially on a notebook or other PC without an internal PC speaker.

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