Question about Windows's "Default Beep", and other sound events
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Wasn't sure exactly where to put this, but this seemed about the best place as it has nothing to do with programming (unless you worked on Windows, in which case…). My question is, would it be possible to set 'Default Beep' (or any other Windows sound event) to beep the computer's internal speaker, the one that plays the POST beeps? I use a Dell Inspiron 2100 laptop, and there's no volume wheel for the speakers, so I have to use Windows's Volume Control in order to change the volume for things. However, it doesn't seem to affect the internal speaker's volume, which I find handy for certain alerts. Anyway — any ideas? Registry hacks are welcome, if available.
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Wasn't sure exactly where to put this, but this seemed about the best place as it has nothing to do with programming (unless you worked on Windows, in which case…). My question is, would it be possible to set 'Default Beep' (or any other Windows sound event) to beep the computer's internal speaker, the one that plays the POST beeps? I use a Dell Inspiron 2100 laptop, and there's no volume wheel for the speakers, so I have to use Windows's Volume Control in order to change the volume for things. However, it doesn't seem to affect the internal speaker's volume, which I find handy for certain alerts. Anyway — any ideas? Registry hacks are welcome, if available.
AFAIK yes. I don't recall where the setting was but IIRC I changed to to use the normal speaker instead of the internal one so that I could mute it on my old work laptop. Alternately weven's volume control lets you adjust the volume of system beeps independently of the other sounds.
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AFAIK yes. I don't recall where the setting was but IIRC I changed to to use the normal speaker instead of the internal one so that I could mute it on my old work laptop. Alternately weven's volume control lets you adjust the volume of system beeps independently of the other sounds.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Hm. Well, do you know of anything that I might be able to use to tweak the Windows sound events further than Windows's built-in thing will? Sadly, TweakUI and Tweaker 2001 only do so much…
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Hm. Well, do you know of anything that I might be able to use to tweak the Windows sound events further than Windows's built-in thing will? Sadly, TweakUI and Tweaker 2001 only do so much…
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Wasn't sure exactly where to put this, but this seemed about the best place as it has nothing to do with programming (unless you worked on Windows, in which case…). My question is, would it be possible to set 'Default Beep' (or any other Windows sound event) to beep the computer's internal speaker, the one that plays the POST beeps? I use a Dell Inspiron 2100 laptop, and there's no volume wheel for the speakers, so I have to use Windows's Volume Control in order to change the volume for things. However, it doesn't seem to affect the internal speaker's volume, which I find handy for certain alerts. Anyway — any ideas? Registry hacks are welcome, if available.
Edit the WAV file for higher volume? :-D "Hellooo.... McFly...!"
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Hm, sounds pretty much exactly like the OPPOSITE of what I was wanting, but helpful — because all I have to do is set everything to 1/on/yes/enabled; thank you. :D By the way, on the Driver tab for 'Beep Properties' (from the Device Manager), in the drop-down list for 'Startup Type' — what do the different options mean, besides 'Disabled'? There are Automatic, Boot, Demand, and System (followed by Disabled)? It had previously been set to 'System'; I'd sorta like to know what they all do, though.
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Hm, sounds pretty much exactly like the OPPOSITE of what I was wanting, but helpful — because all I have to do is set everything to 1/on/yes/enabled; thank you. :D By the way, on the Driver tab for 'Beep Properties' (from the Device Manager), in the drop-down list for 'Startup Type' — what do the different options mean, besides 'Disabled'? There are Automatic, Boot, Demand, and System (followed by Disabled)? It had previously been set to 'System'; I'd sorta like to know what they all do, though.
Kizul Emeraldfire wrote:
Automatic
Started automatically when Windows starts I think
Kizul Emeraldfire wrote:
Boot
When Windows boots (with the startup logo I think)
Kizul Emeraldfire wrote:
Demand
When it's required
Kizul Emeraldfire wrote:
System
Started under the system account. Just a rough guess from what I can remember.
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