Sounds

I've kept (in control panel) "sound" set as "none".
during the night there was a Widows update. Today,
an old game suddenly has annoying sounds --- yet
"sounds" is still set at "none" ?
How do I get rid of these sounds?

"Pfsszxt" wrote

| I've kept (in control panel) "sound" set as "none".
| during the night there was a Widows update. Today,
| an old game suddenly has annoying sounds --- yet
| "sounds" is still set at "none" ?
| How do I get rid of these sounds?

Turn off your speakers. the Sounds applet only
applies to Windows sounds. That doesn't stop sounds
in programs or in webpages.

Example: Imgburn plays something like a Mexican
band when it writes a CD/DVD. I can change that
in Settings or I can delete the WAV file. You could
do that with all of your software if you want to
listen to background music or allow sound on websites.
Or you can just turn off your speakers.

I only turn them on when I want to specifically listen
to something. Much of what I do on the computer
requires concentration and sound is just a jarring,
irrelevant interruption to those activities.

Pfsszxt wrote:
I've kept (in control panel) "sound" set as "none".
during the night there was a Widows update. Today,
an old game suddenly has annoying sounds --- yet
"sounds" is still set at "none" ?
How do I get rid of these sounds?

Windows 7 has this.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/hLIlX.jpg

But I would not expect the "slider-per-application"
to actually stop what you're hearing. It's a bit
more unpredictable than that. While that interface
looks pretty, it comes with no guarantees. Squeaks
and squawks can still come out of LineOut, no matter
what you do.

Paul