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  #1  
Old June 12th 09, 09:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Terry Pinnell
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Default Default beep - what decides it?

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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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  #2  
Old June 12th 09, 07:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in 'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
...
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



  #3  
Old June 12th 09, 07:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in 'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
...
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



  #4  
Old June 12th 09, 11:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Terry Pinnell
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Posts: 442
Default Default beep - what decides it?

"Tim Meddick" wrote:

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in 'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
.. .
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



Thanks Tim. I was wondering if there was any way to discover what
program had prompted each beep?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

  #5  
Old June 12th 09, 11:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Terry Pinnell
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Posts: 442
Default Default beep - what decides it?

"Tim Meddick" wrote:

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in 'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
.. .
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



Thanks Tim. I was wondering if there was any way to discover what
program had prompted each beep?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

  #6  
Old June 12th 09, 11:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

If this happened to me (which it does sometimes), that I heard the
default 'ding' and nothing apparent was visible, it might take me some
considerable time investigating it before I found the cause - if I even
managed to find the cause!

If I install a new program I always run through it's settings and
explorer them fully.

If I come across an option to set an alert sound - I do it - so that I
will be acquainted with what has caused it.

This narrows down what can have caused the noise you heard, as you will
have set the others differently to the default.

One thing I would do would be to open up the Windows Task Manager and
click on it's 'Processes' tab - to familiarize yourself with what
programs are regularly running on your system.

This, and noticing what just happens on your system, may be one way of
deducing what has caused some sound or error alert.

I'm [very] sorry that I could not be of more help, but if you have a
little persistence and investigate methodically, you do stand a much
better chance of discovering the answer.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
...
"Tim Meddick" wrote:

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in
'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just
sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file
should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
. ..
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



Thanks Tim. I was wondering if there was any way to discover what
program had prompted each beep?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



  #7  
Old June 12th 09, 11:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

If this happened to me (which it does sometimes), that I heard the
default 'ding' and nothing apparent was visible, it might take me some
considerable time investigating it before I found the cause - if I even
managed to find the cause!

If I install a new program I always run through it's settings and
explorer them fully.

If I come across an option to set an alert sound - I do it - so that I
will be acquainted with what has caused it.

This narrows down what can have caused the noise you heard, as you will
have set the others differently to the default.

One thing I would do would be to open up the Windows Task Manager and
click on it's 'Processes' tab - to familiarize yourself with what
programs are regularly running on your system.

This, and noticing what just happens on your system, may be one way of
deducing what has caused some sound or error alert.

I'm [very] sorry that I could not be of more help, but if you have a
little persistence and investigate methodically, you do stand a much
better chance of discovering the answer.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
...
"Tim Meddick" wrote:

Maybe you have more than 'Default Beep' set to be 'ding.wav' in
'Sounds
and Audio Devices' control panel?

Any application that calls for the standard computer beep (pc speaker)
is interrupted by Windows and the 'Default Beep' that you have defined
(ding.wav) is played instead - IF Windows detects you have a soundcard
installed.

If you have no soundcard, then programs calling for this beep just
sound
a vary basic beep from the pc speaker instead.

Many applications use this function of calling for a 'beep' and many
Windows events and errors use this default beep as well.

If you change the 'Default Beep' item in the 'Sounds...' control panel
('Sounds' tab) to a new wave file, then *all* the times that *any*
program or event calls for the 'Default Beep' your new [wav] file
should
be played instead.

==

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




"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
. ..
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?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



Thanks Tim. I was wondering if there was any way to discover what
program had prompted each beep?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK



  #8  
Old June 13th 09, 01:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_2_]
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Posts: 4,276
Default Default beep - what decides it?

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`



  #9  
Old June 13th 09, 01:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_2_]
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Posts: 4,276
Default Default beep - what decides it?

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`



  #10  
Old June 13th 09, 01:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

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


==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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`





  #11  
Old June 13th 09, 01:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,995
Default Default beep - what decides it?

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


==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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`





  #12  
Old June 14th 09, 05:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Terry Pinnell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 442
Default Default beep - what decides it?

"Tim Meddick" wrote:

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


==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
  #13  
Old June 14th 09, 05:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Terry Pinnell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 442
Default Default beep - what decides it?

"Tim Meddick" wrote:

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


==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
  #14  
Old June 15th 09, 12:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,276
Default Slightly OT Default beep - what decides it?

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


lol, well, it's no panacea or earthshaking event, but I've found a few
things helpful. One thing I did was create another folder under Media
where the sytem sounds are kept, and created my own voice messages for
each one of the defaults so I could switch back and forth at will.

For instance, there is "Navigtation started" and "Navigation Ended". I
forget the default XP names; Start Navigation and CompleteNavigation, I
think. Anyway, turns out they're triggered by the part of IE code that
does a look for something from within a program. Clicking to go to a
URL triggers the Navigation Started and when the downloaded page
completes and the final "Done" appears in the status bar, you get the
Navigation Ended message.
Sounds kind of mundane, right? But it's handy. When I'm sending in
several reports, etc, I only have to hang around long enough to hear
Navigation Started. I don't have to wait around for Navigation Ended
before I can move on and initiate another report. If you don't wait at
least for that Navigation Started message, then starting another report
will simply replace the first one. But once you hear it, you know
you'll open another tab or window in IE for sure; no need to wait for
the Navigation Ended. Which you'll never hear of course, since you've
left the page where the data is coming back to.
A by-product of that is discovering all the other little apps that
trigger the Navigation Started/Ended messages that have nothing to do
with IE. Parts of IE are used for many things central to the OS and
suddenly you can discover when a program uses that. OTOH I was also
pleased to see that it also notified me of call-home features within
some programs.

Then of course there's the ridiculous Windows Start sound which is now
simply "Windows has started". And "Windows is Ending" instead of the
symphony junk.

Some you'll never want but are interesting for the first few minutes are
the sounds for programs opening/closing and windows opening/closing,
information bar, windows feed, etc.
You start an app, you'd think you'd hear it once, but you also hear
every related background task starting and ending, too, in a long,
seemingly senseless series of thing opening and closing, starting and
ending, etc. g. It's fun for a minute or two but has no other value
IMO. Well, ts-ing, but they can all be handy to ts-ing. There's a good
reason some of those are defaulted to NO soundG!

It's handy too, to have a handle on the "Notification", "Question",
"Information", "Exclamation", "Error", "Critical Stop", etc. etc. and
what each one means and what triggers them. Can be useful for
troubleshooting when you know what's supposed to be happening but can't
keep all the different sounds straight in your head.
I found "Blocked Popup" handy at one point, along with "Hardware
Fail", "Hardware Installed", " Hardware Removed" and a few others.

Like I said, kinda boring stuffg
.. I will add that you get pretty sick of listening to your own voice
pretty quick. For the ones I keep turned on, I finally used a British
woman's voice for the messages; much more pleasant to listen to. I used
OmniPage Pro's text to voice translator to create those. Write the
message, have OP speak it as it gets recorded by Audacity. Works well -
Audacity has that "what u hear" feature that makes it real easy.

Bored yet? :^)

HTH,

Twayne`





==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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`




  #15  
Old June 15th 09, 12:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,276
Default Slightly OT Default beep - what decides it?

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


lol, well, it's no panacea or earthshaking event, but I've found a few
things helpful. One thing I did was create another folder under Media
where the sytem sounds are kept, and created my own voice messages for
each one of the defaults so I could switch back and forth at will.

For instance, there is "Navigtation started" and "Navigation Ended". I
forget the default XP names; Start Navigation and CompleteNavigation, I
think. Anyway, turns out they're triggered by the part of IE code that
does a look for something from within a program. Clicking to go to a
URL triggers the Navigation Started and when the downloaded page
completes and the final "Done" appears in the status bar, you get the
Navigation Ended message.
Sounds kind of mundane, right? But it's handy. When I'm sending in
several reports, etc, I only have to hang around long enough to hear
Navigation Started. I don't have to wait around for Navigation Ended
before I can move on and initiate another report. If you don't wait at
least for that Navigation Started message, then starting another report
will simply replace the first one. But once you hear it, you know
you'll open another tab or window in IE for sure; no need to wait for
the Navigation Ended. Which you'll never hear of course, since you've
left the page where the data is coming back to.
A by-product of that is discovering all the other little apps that
trigger the Navigation Started/Ended messages that have nothing to do
with IE. Parts of IE are used for many things central to the OS and
suddenly you can discover when a program uses that. OTOH I was also
pleased to see that it also notified me of call-home features within
some programs.

Then of course there's the ridiculous Windows Start sound which is now
simply "Windows has started". And "Windows is Ending" instead of the
symphony junk.

Some you'll never want but are interesting for the first few minutes are
the sounds for programs opening/closing and windows opening/closing,
information bar, windows feed, etc.
You start an app, you'd think you'd hear it once, but you also hear
every related background task starting and ending, too, in a long,
seemingly senseless series of thing opening and closing, starting and
ending, etc. g. It's fun for a minute or two but has no other value
IMO. Well, ts-ing, but they can all be handy to ts-ing. There's a good
reason some of those are defaulted to NO soundG!

It's handy too, to have a handle on the "Notification", "Question",
"Information", "Exclamation", "Error", "Critical Stop", etc. etc. and
what each one means and what triggers them. Can be useful for
troubleshooting when you know what's supposed to be happening but can't
keep all the different sounds straight in your head.
I found "Blocked Popup" handy at one point, along with "Hardware
Fail", "Hardware Installed", " Hardware Removed" and a few others.

Like I said, kinda boring stuffg
.. I will add that you get pretty sick of listening to your own voice
pretty quick. For the ones I keep turned on, I finally used a British
woman's voice for the messages; much more pleasant to listen to. I used
OmniPage Pro's text to voice translator to create those. Write the
message, have OP speak it as it gets recorded by Audacity. Works well -
Audacity has that "what u hear" feature that makes it real easy.

Bored yet? :^)

HTH,

Twayne`





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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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`




 




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