I want to permanently turn off System Sounds

KyleR · 17 Nov 2015

Can u not add a registry setting to disable system sound?

RichardHKing · 27 Nov 2015

Plug in a headset, and don't listen to it

Layback Bear · 27 Nov 2015

Well I use sfc /scannow often. Not because I have problems I know of but because I want to see if anything is going a muck and it hasn't raised it's ugly head.
It hurts nothing and it's not hard to do.

When one is doing something that no sound is wanted, just hit the mute button. One tick away.
When done hit the mute button again to turn the sound on. One tick away.

If one has external speakers just turn the power off to the speakers. One button.
To turn sound back on, One Button. Done.
No hacking the registry or 3rd party programs needed.

UsernameIssues · 27 Nov 2015

Layback Bear said:

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When one is doing something that no sound is wanted, just hit the mute button. One tick away.
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But what if one wants to listen to audio without System Sounds also playing? Then one must go thru several clicks to mute only the System Sounds while allowing the desired sound source thru. I can tell the OS to use the "No Sounds" Sound Scheme and it holds... Not so for the OP.

I mute the System Sounds (even with the "No Sounds" Sound Scheme). From time to time, that setting somehow changes to not being muted. It is not a problem, just an observation.

torchwood · 28 Nov 2015

Each theme has its own personalised settings.
sounds/screensaver/colour/background
If you have more than 1 theme you have to change the defaults on all of them, to match each other.
Thats how its set up, there all individual
Roy

Layback Bear · 28 Nov 2015

torchwood said:

Each theme has its own personalised settings.
sounds/screensaver/colour/background
If you have more than 1 theme you have to change the defaults on all of them, to match each other.
Thats how its set up, there all individual
Roy

Never tired your suggestion but it does sound like it would work.