"Tim Meddick" wrote:

Please bore us! - I for one, would like to hear [what happened with
your system sounds]


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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Twayne" wrote in message
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Terry Pinnell wrote:
On this XP Pro PC the 'Default beep' sound is currently set in CP
Sounds and Audio Devices Sounds as Ding.wav. I haven't noticed it
much before but I recall it occurs when I do something obviously
dis-allowed, like trying to type text where it's invalid, etc.

But sometimes I'm hearing it when I don't expect it and it seems
inappropriate. What are the rules here please? Presumably it can be
programmed in each application? But are there any 'Windows'
operations
on top of those?

There are a multitude of things that can cause the default "beep" to
sound. One thing you could do is replace that .wav file with one of
your own. Better yet, record a small recording of your own voice and
simply say "default beep", save it as a .wav file, and then replace
the default beep with your new voice recording.
Now whenever you hear yourself saying "default beep", you can know
that what you just did most likely caused it.
Usually it's used as an acknowledgement sound to indicate that an
operation you asked for was accomplished.

I've done something similar with many of the system sounds. I won't
bore you with a long story, but it can be pretty useful in a lot of
different situations.

HTH,

Twayne`

Tim, Twayne: Thanks both, appreciate the follow-ups.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK