A. Perform the following steps to disable your machine's system beep:

1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
2. Expand System Tools and select Device Manager.
3. From the View menu, select Show hidden devices.
4. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers.
5. Right-click Beep, and select Properties.
6. Select the Drivers tab.
7. Click Stop. You can also change the start-up type to Disabled so the beep service never starts.

Reader Comments

Thanks, thanks - a million thanks. typed in "windows beeping" and this was the first hit. only thing is that i didn't see where to do "You can also change the start-up type to Disabled so the beep service never starts."

Forget all those registry change suggestions. This is the only solution which works! (Windows 2003 Server)

Ah, peace at last!

Ah, peace at last!

THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU !!!! ALSO WORKS ON XP. I was ready to throw my computer out the window.

thanks again :)

Thank you so much. Works on Windows Server 2003.

O man finnaly. Thx, i thought i was the only one

Thank goodness! Finally no beeping. This was the most comprehnsiv information I found.

AHH THANKS! I thought I'd never find the solution. This was actually hard to find amidst all the hardware error beep pages

beeping is usually an indication of a hardware problem. you may want to find the source of the issue, rather than turning off the warning device.

still doesnt work it has been disabled for a while now but whenever i play a multi-player game online it comes back and stops as soon as i disconnect. ???

2 years of occasional poking about in the registry are now over!! Brill

Fantastic!!! The program we use at work beeps with every quuestion it asks... so annoying! THANKS HEAPS!!!

What about on Windows 98 plz!!!!!!!!