Disable hardware with registry setting

[Phil_C]

Hello All

Does anyone know if it is possible to disable certain hardware items with the registry or some other method that can be run during an unattended install? I am trying to disable the "Beep" sound that is played when an error occurs within windows. The only way to completely disable the sound is to go to device manager and select "Show hidden hardware" and then disable the Beep. Is there a registry setting that will achieve the same thing?

Regards

Phil

[IcemanND]

how about using DEVCON from Microsoft.

[jeremyschubert]

Found this by typing 'disable beep through registry' into Google

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/registry_tips.htm#system_beeps

Turning off System Beeps

Added 9/10/01

If you want to turn off all system beeps (like the ones that go through your computers' internal speaker):

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound

Edit the key Beep and give it a value of No

[Phil_C]

Hello All

IcemanND

Thanks for pointing out that utility. It looks like it will do the job perfectly.

jeremyschubert

The registry setting will not stop all the "beep" sounds. The only method I have found that disables 100 percent of the beeps is to disable the hardware itself.

Regards

Phil

[Sonic]

Not unattended method, very effective : unplug the speaker directly from mainboard

[jaclaz]

Not unattended method, very effective : unplug the speaker directly from mainboard

Unless of course you have a recent "normal" motherboard, on which the piezoelectric speaker is soldered to it.

jaclaz

[Sonic]

Not unattended method, very effective : unplug the speaker directly from mainboard

Unless of course you have a recent "normal" motherboard, on which the piezoelectric speaker is soldered to it.

jaclaz

and there is a switch on recent mb to disable the piezoelectric speaker , in the case of DFI nF4 ...