Hi everybody:

I have a Hewlett Packard Media Center PC. All bells and whistles.Windows XP, you know the drill. I also use Outless Express as my mail thing.

I have disabled all sounds (for incoming and outgoing mail) on Outlook Express.

So what's my problem???? I now like to watch dvd's on my DVD rom thing.

I put in a DVD last night. Played just fine. Sound was perfect.


Every 20 minutes or so, I get this sound (very hard to duplicate) but it's definitely a sound that anounces something, for example BING BAMM

I have absolutely no idea what this sound originates from.

I went to my outlook express options thing because I figured it was announcing I got an e-mail or something. I disabled the sound effects part.

Ten minutes later, as I'm watching the dvd, I get the BING BAMM sound again. It's two musical notes.

Obviously there is something enabled on my computer that is notifying me of something. Drives me nuts.

I refuse to use another dvd until I disable this.

Oh, just so you know, on the bottom right of my screen are the following icons.

Windows messenger, Mailwasher Free,MusicMatch Jukebox,Google Desktop, Verizon Internet Suite, New Items Available, google updater, Kodak easy share, Udate are ready for your computer,click here to install these updates (maybe it's this????), java update available,

That's all the little icons on the bottom right. Maybe one of these is announcing something with the Bing Bamm thing.

Please, if anybody knows how to stop my computer from doing this Bing Bamm sound I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

well let's see what we can figure out.


so you went to - settings -control panel -sounds and devices -
and then clicked on the sounds tab and for the sound theme you selected -no sounds- and clicked the apply and then the OK button?

that's how I turned my sounds off.
some webpages will still have a sound or notification beep or ding dong sound.

Did you try the "click to install updates" to see it it stops after that is done

"So you went to - settings -control panel -sounds and devices -
and then clicked on the sounds tab and for the sound theme you selected -no sounds- and clicked the apply and then the OK button?"

NO, I NEVER DID THIS!!! I went to my Outlook Express and (because I thought it might be my mail server ANNOUNCING that I had MAIL!!!, I disabled that option). I never went to control panel, sounds and devices, etc.

Now if I did do this and I disable sounds, How can I watch videos on the internet and dvds in my dvd rom thing.

If I go to control panel, sounds and devices and clik on sounds tab and I select NO SOUNDS, does this mean NO SOUNDS FOR EVERYTHING???

Clue me in here. AND THANK YOU MUCH

Melody

Edited to add: I think this is the same thing Jo has said only done a different way. I'm sorry to repeat. I didn't read that properly. <grimace>

I meant to reply earlier in my day to your message, Melody, but I thought I'd leave it till later when I had more time to check on things. Unfortunately, I can't stay online now, but I would have to wonder about the Updates that you've got there, esp,. the one that says it's ready to install.

Also, on my Volume icon in the Taskbar, if I right click on that it'll bring up a choice of either Adjust Audio Properties or Open Volume Control. If you have that on your computer, you might find something in Adjust Audio Properties that might help.

Go to.
Volume Icon in Taskbar
Right click mouse on Adjust Audio Properties
Go to Sounds
See Program Events
Click on whichever Program you want no sounds for, and then Click NONE which is at the top of the box below that which says Sounds.

You need to click Apply.

I just went through all of mine and it took ages.

No idea if this is of any help. lol
See how it goes.

Mel,
this will just disable the windows system sounds - bell, ding, chimes etc-

the videos, DVD, CDs, music and any sounds on websites will still play.

OKAY!! will do the sounds thing.

I updated all updates and I put in the dvd of The Queen and five minutes later BING BAMM, again. Didn't do it again for an hour.

I would just love to know why it does this.

Anyway, I'll try your suggestions.

Thanks so much.

Melody

Some types of software have/generate their own sounds, such as Yahoo messenger. In that case you need to go into the option for each piece of software and make sure you disable any and all notification sounds.

Just because you cant hear it doesnt mean it is off.

If I was you I would go to "start" then "run", and type in msconfig. Once that opens go to the last tab "startup".

In there is some check boxes, all the ones checked start up automatically when you turn on your computer. The more you have on the slower your computer boots, and all those eat up your system resources. You do not need all of them running.

There is some you have to have check marked, but yahoo messnger, or any messenger you can turn off, kodak, actually anything that is an extra software. Once you uncheck the boxes it will want to restart. Click yes.

You will find that your computer will start and run much faster. When you want to use the programs you unclicked, there is usually a short cut on your desktop, or look in "start" "programs" and then select desired one.

Hope this helps a tiny bit.

allen

is there an easy to way to check what you don't need running?

i unchecked a few. it sure seems like i have a lot still checked.

I only have 5 things running, and could probably turn off the qttask. qttask is quick time.

When entering the msconfig folder to disable starup items (start > run > msconfig), it isn't necessary to individually disable items in the starup folder. To maximize your system resources, go to the General tab and simply uncheck "Load startup group items". Of Course, the other two items (system.ini & win.ini) MUST remain checked. Then click Apply, and let your pc reboot.

Once you have done this you can go back and look at the startup folder to note which ones are the ones needed to run the computer.

I leave qttask running because of all the videos that use that type of file. When you go to watch a quick time video, or listen to a audio file, and have this disabled it will ask you if it can download the missing files. That will just turn it back on in the startup folder