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[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by admin

Dale is right. The beep is something Vista is creating. We haven't found a work around other than don't use Vista.

Now why didn't I think of that.

[mindonstrike]

I've been going through mine and can't figure out how to turn it off.

I found the wav file for it (windows ding.wav) and changed its name so windows couldn't play it but instead it switched to a nasty buzzer sound that was way worse than the ding.

It's strange that individual sounds can be turned off in XP but not vista.
I think what you can do however is record a small wav with no sound, name it "windows ding.wav" and replace the original with it.

Sam

[mindonstrike]

I think what you can do however is record a small wav with no sound, name it "windows ding.wav" and replace the original with it.

OK so I created a replacement "windows ding.wav" file that is silent. I went to the folder where sounds are stored renamed Microsoft's file to "windows ding old", and moved my new "windows ding.wav: file into this folder.

Sam

[N181RV]

From my short experience with Vista, I think it is going to be a lemon....

Dale says don't fix it if it ain't broke, Or fix it till it is....
seems like they did fix it until it was broke...

I was using XP Pro and was just getting real comfortable with it, then they "fixed" it....

Phil in Illinois

Originally Posted by admin

Dale is right. The beep is something Vista is creating. We haven't found a work around other than don't use Vista.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by N181RV

From my short experience with Vista, I think it is going to be a lemon....

Dale says don't fix it if it ain't broke, Or fix it till it is....
seems like they did fix it until it was broke...

I was using XP Pro and was just getting real comfortable with it, then they "fixed" it....

Phil in Illinois

If it wasn't for Microsoft, I would never have thought to use that saying.
I have never trusted Bill Gates since he made a statement back in the early days saying "640K is all the memory anybody will ever need."

[sleflar]

What I did was load the ding wav in Cool Edit a audio editing program and silenced the file. No more problem.

www.starsoundsproductions.com

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

If it wasn't for Microsoft, I would never have thought to use that saying.
I have never trusted Bill Gates since he made a statement back in the early days saying "640K is all the memory anybody will ever need."

I remember working at a place & the 'new' network that was being installed, the guy told us if you'd never need more than a GIG of hard drive space - that would be insane! ALthough this was back in the late 80's too! My home computer at the time has 256 MB hard drive lol.

ADMIN NOTE: Love the "color" and humor you guys are adding in here as this solution is unfolding. We paid $400 in 1973 for a 125KB floppy drive (yep... Kilobyte... that's 1/1000th of a Megabyte and 1/1,000,000th of a Gigabyte). Our customers could store hundreds of word processing documents on it, and it was removable media. Ah... the good ol' days when storage needs were so small...

[N181RV]

funny how things advance. My first computer was one I built up. It cost 1200 bucks and was a clone XT. we bumped it up to almoat AT speed and it was really special because we built it with two 640 K floppy drives. We could read from one and write to the other. It was very sufficient. This was only in the late 80's. First hard drive was a 10 meg "winchester'. It too turned out to be enough at the time.

I always wanted a 20 meg Seagate but they cost about $420 at the time. That time went by so fast, it went from MB to GB in a year or so. Now you go to WalMart and buy a 80 GB USB for about $80. And I just read that 1000 GB disks are here now that spin at 12000 rpm.

Well back to fighting Vista, I mean Lemon....

Everyone on this forum has been helpful. I wish I could post something that was helpful to anyone.

Have a good day everybody.

Phil