Motherboard beeping sound.

I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard associated
with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an alert window
opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step in
the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select Manage.
Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message, "This file does
not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association in the Folder Options control panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.

Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard associated
with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an alert window
opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step in
the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select Manage.
Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message, "This file does
not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association in the Folder Options control panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.



Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first
booted up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted,
did you "press any key to boot off the CD"?

M

"M" wrote in message
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Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard
associated with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an alert
window opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step
in the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select
Manage. Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message, "This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.

Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first booted
up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted, did you
"press any key to boot off the CD"?

M


Thank you for your response.

Sequence of events:

Virus infection required a reformatting and new installation of WindowsXP.

I changed the first boot device to the DVD drive (that the WindowsXP CD was
in) in the motherboard bios to begin reformatting and installation.

Installation went normally.

I reinstalled all programs including Mcafee Security. I then decided to
install a more recent version of Mcafee. I used Perfect Uninstaller to do
the uninstall of the old Mcafee. This was a mistake because I then got a
Windows error which said that needed Windows components had been deleted.

I then performed a repair install of WindowsXP which seemed okay until the
issues stated in my original post.

Randy Williams wrote:
"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard
associated with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an alert
window opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step
in the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select
Manage. Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message, "This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.
Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first booted
up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted, did you
"press any key to boot off the CD"?

M


Thank you for your response.

Sequence of events:

Virus infection required a reformatting and new installation of WindowsXP.

I changed the first boot device to the DVD drive (that the WindowsXP CD was
in) in the motherboard bios to begin reformatting and installation.

Installation went normally.

I reinstalled all programs including Mcafee Security. I then decided to
install a more recent version of Mcafee. I used Perfect Uninstaller to do
the uninstall of the old Mcafee. This was a mistake because I then got a
Windows error which said that needed Windows components had been deleted.

I then performed a repair install of WindowsXP which seemed okay until the
issues stated in my original post.




You can mess with it some more or reinstall and don't install McAfee. I
would recommend the XP firewall, a router with a NAT firewall enabled
(they aren't usually enabled by default) and Avast for your anti virus.
Not only is McAfee a poor anti virus, it is resource hungry and puts its
tentacles all over the registry. Avast is free and can be obtained at
http://www.avast.com/. Trust me, reinstalling will take less time than
trying to fix what the McAfee uninstall did.

M

"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard
associated with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an
alert window opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step
in the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select
Manage. Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message,
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing
this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control
panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.
Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first
booted up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted,
did you "press any key to boot off the CD"?

M


Thank you for your response.

Sequence of events:

Virus infection required a reformatting and new installation of
WindowsXP.

I changed the first boot device to the DVD drive (that the WindowsXP CD
was
in) in the motherboard bios to begin reformatting and installation.

Installation went normally.

I reinstalled all programs including Mcafee Security. I then decided to
install a more recent version of Mcafee. I used Perfect Uninstaller to do
the uninstall of the old Mcafee. This was a mistake because I then got a
Windows error which said that needed Windows components had been deleted.

I then performed a repair install of WindowsXP which seemed okay until
the
issues stated in my original post.




You can mess with it some more or reinstall and don't install McAfee. I
would recommend the XP firewall, a router with a NAT firewall enabled
(they aren't usually enabled by default) and Avast for your anti virus.
Not only is McAfee a poor anti virus, it is resource hungry and puts its
tentacles all over the registry. Avast is free and can be obtained at
http://www.avast.com/. Trust me, reinstalling will take less time than
trying to fix what the McAfee uninstall did.

M

Since posting I have found that the sound card is not being recognized now.
All in all I think this is a fouled-up installation and I'll reinstall.

1. Do I need to reformat the drive first?

2. Is changing the boot order in the motherboard's bios necessary or can I
boot from the WindowsXP CD another way?

That I am in this situation is testament to a McAfee failure to detect the
virus that started my problems, so I will try Avast.

Thank you for your help.

Randy Williams wrote:
"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard
associated with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an
alert window opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step
in the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select
Manage. Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message,
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing
this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control
panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.
Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first
booted up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted,
did you "press any key to boot off the CD"?

M

Thank you for your response.

Sequence of events:

Virus infection required a reformatting and new installation of
WindowsXP.

I changed the first boot device to the DVD drive (that the WindowsXP CD
was
in) in the motherboard bios to begin reformatting and installation.

Installation went normally.

I reinstalled all programs including Mcafee Security. I then decided to
install a more recent version of Mcafee. I used Perfect Uninstaller to do
the uninstall of the old Mcafee. This was a mistake because I then got a
Windows error which said that needed Windows components had been deleted.

I then performed a repair install of WindowsXP which seemed okay until
the
issues stated in my original post.



You can mess with it some more or reinstall and don't install McAfee. I
would recommend the XP firewall, a router with a NAT firewall enabled
(they aren't usually enabled by default) and Avast for your anti virus.
Not only is McAfee a poor anti virus, it is resource hungry and puts its
tentacles all over the registry. Avast is free and can be obtained at
http://www.avast.com/. Trust me, reinstalling will take less time than
trying to fix what the McAfee uninstall did.

M

Since posting I have found that the sound card is not being recognized now.
All in all I think this is a fouled-up installation and I'll reinstall.

1. Do I need to reformat the drive first?

2. Is changing the boot order in the motherboard's bios necessary or can I
boot from the WindowsXP CD another way?

That I am in this situation is testament to a McAfee failure to detect the
virus that started my problems, so I will try Avast.

Thank you for your help.


Use the McAfee removal tool to get rid of the program. Tips and the
tool are he http://www.pchell.com/virus/uninstallmcafee.shtml



--
Ed Mc
Nam vet '66-'67


Semper Fi

On Jun 26, 12:54*pm, "Randy Williams"
wrote:
"M" wrote in message

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Randy Williams wrote:
"M" wrote in message
...
Randy Williams wrote:
I recently reformatted and reinstalled WindowsXP. I thought things were
going okay except that I am hearing a beep from the motherboard
associated with things like hitting two keys at the same time or an
alert window opening. But this is inconsistent.

So I searched for a way to disable the motherboard beep. The first step
in the procedure I found was to right-click on My Computer and select
Manage. Guess what? Doing this causes a beep and the alert message,
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing
this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control
panel."

This is obviously no good. Is there a way to proceed or do I need to
re-install WindowsXP again?

Thank you.
Just how, exactly, did you install XP? Concretely, after you first
booted up to the CD and it did it's thing for awhile and then rebooted,
did you "press any key to boot off the CD"?

M

Thank you for your response.

Sequence of events:

Virus infection required a reformatting and new installation of
WindowsXP.

I changed the first boot device to the DVD drive (that the WindowsXP CD
was
in) in the motherboard bios to begin reformatting and installation.

Installation went normally.

I reinstalled all programs including Mcafee Security. I then decided to
install a more recent version of Mcafee. I used Perfect Uninstaller to do
the uninstall of the old Mcafee. This was a mistake because I then got a
Windows error which said that needed Windows components had been deleted.

I then performed a repair install of WindowsXP which seemed okay until
the
issues stated in my original post.

You can mess with it some more or reinstall and don't install McAfee. I
would recommend the XP firewall, a router with a NAT firewall enabled
(they aren't usually enabled by default) and Avast for your anti virus.
Not only is McAfee a poor anti virus, it is resource hungry and puts its
tentacles all over the registry. Avast is free and can be obtained at
http://www.avast.com/. Trust me, reinstalling will take less time than
trying to fix what the McAfee uninstall did.

M

Since posting I have found that the sound card is not being recognized now.
All in all I think this is a fouled-up installation and I'll reinstall.

1. Do I need to reformat the drive first?

2. *Is changing the boot order in the motherboard's bios necessary or can I
boot from the WindowsXP CD another way?

That I am in this situation is testament to a McAfee failure to detect the
virus that started my problems, so I will try Avast.

Thank you for your help.

If you are going to reinstall and format the drive, why just do a
quick format and then wonder later if you maybe should should have not
done a quick format? You don't want to be wondering later if a quick
format was the right (or wrong) decision, so eliminate the possibility
of the question ever coming up.

There are advantages to doing a regular format instead of a quick
format:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302686

Since you are reinstalling, consider also installing the Windows XP
Recovery Console while you are at it in case you need it someday
later, don't have it handy and wish you did.