Solved How do I disable the Windows "DING" sound when copy/paste or cutting?

[DavidE]

that 2nd sounds reminds me of an XP sound...

 

[Scott333]

For now I have only two more suggestions, when you were here:

Already tried:
Control panel > Sound > Sounds Tab > highlight "default beep" > select "none" for sound from drop-down list > click "Apply"

Did you also set the Sound Scheme to No Sounds?
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You will still get sounds like music or playback from a CD or DVD. This setting just takes care of System Sounds.

The only other setting I would know of would be your on-board sound, but that would effectively kill all sound.

It would be in your BIOS, see page 55 here: http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/141-BL-E759.pdf
On the Integrated Peripherals Menu >Onboard Device, disable the High Definition Audio setting. Shown on page 57.

Anak,

I missed this one earlier. Yes, I did set BOTH the "Sound Scheme" at the upper drop-down list to "No Sounds", and the drop-down list at the bottom under "Sounds:" is set to "(None)"

I have to copy & paste a large number of car part numbers (one by one) from an Excel spreadsheet, it's a mind-numbing experience that will take a couple of work days, but I don't know any easier way to do it. I could turn the speakers off, or I could maybe figure out how to disable ALL sound at the motherboard, but I would sure like to be able to listen to music over the speakers while I'm working, minus the constant DINGING, of course!

 

[Scott333]

that 2nd sounds reminds me of an XP sound...

David,

I kind of thought so too, but I only have WinXP installed on the Virtual setting, so I could run some of my old WinXP programs that wouldn't work on Win7 64-bit, but I haven't used it since the first few months after I put this PC together, about two years ago (my first experience building a PC, I was amazed when it worked it all!)

I don't even remember how to get into "virtual WinXP" mode anymore...

The main operating system on this machine has always been Win7 64-bit, installed with all brand-new components.

 

[Anak]

Until we find the source of your angst, your best bet would be to turn the speakers off, and get a radio or MP3, iPod player to give you some background sound.

 

[Anak]

I don't even remember how to get into "virtual WinXP" mode anymore...

Would this refresh your memory? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html

 

[Scott333]

I don't even remember how to get into "virtual WinXP" mode anymore...

Would this refresh your memory? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html

Yes, thank you, I found the folder and should be able to access virtual WinXP mode if I need to now, I just haven't needed to in a long while, so I forgot.

I bookmarked the page link you posted, for future reference.

 

[Anak]

Check to see if you can shut the sounds off in virtual mode.

 

[Scott333]

Until we find the source of your angst, your best bet would be to turn the speakers off, and get a radio or MP3, iPod player to give you some background sound.

I can certainly do that for now, this is just one of those things that must have an easy solution (an off switch somewhere), and it's frustrating not to be able to figure it out. I spent an hour or more on Google searching for a resolution, and it seems many others have had this same problem, but I didn't find any workable solutions.

One person claimed to solve it by changing the Registry, but messing around in the Registry is not something I person with my limited computer knowledge ought to be doing...

 

[Scott333]

Check to see if you can shut the sounds off in virtual mode.

I'll try it, and report back,

Scott

 

[UsernameIssues]

You might want to install the latest audio drivers. Although I've not encountered this in W7, in XP if the drivers are messed up (or totally missing) the "action=sound" settings do not work as expected.

This seems to be a PDF with some info on your motherboard:
http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/141-BL-E759.pdf

That points to the MB using a RealTek audio chipset. If the information in your device manager confirms the chipset, then you might want to get the drivers that were updated in Dec 2011: Realtek

Just a thought...

 

[Scott333]

I couldn't get virtual WinXP to work, it says something about not being able to activate Integration features, but says I can do it at a later time, so I click "OK" to continue and it pops up the box saying it must shut down.

I did a "print-screen" (with "ding"), pasted into Paint, cropped it and saved as a Jpeg attached below. I think this is why I stopped using WinXp, I couldn't get it to work anymore, and I only needed it for one program.

Micrografx Windows Draw 6.0 was a great desktop publishing program, I think originally released for Windows 95, but still worked fine on WinXP. I would like to be able to use it again, but I suspect the problems I'm having would require reformatting the hard drives, reinstalling the O/S and all my software, and data, etc., etc.

 

[Anak]

Let's not get too far off topic, and put the XPmode on the back burner for now. Did you see UsernameIssues's post?

Your copy/paste problem sounds interesting, and I am looking into the problem your having with handling large sets of values, but again off topic.
Try posting about it here: Microsoft Office - Windows 7 Forums, and let me know.

 

[DavidE]

based on this from post #6 i don't see it as an Office issue

So, it appears that I do not have "feedback with sound" enabled. I think this is something systemic to Windows, because it makes the "DING!" sound on ANYTHING that I attempt to right-click and copy (internet, Adobe Acrobat Standard, Notepad, etc., etc.).

I'd try starting in Safe Mode and see if there is the Ding issue with Notepad, Browser, etc.

 

[Scott333]

You might want to install the latest audio drivers. Although I've not encountered this in W7, in XP if the drivers are messed up (or totally missing) the "action=sound" settings do not work as expected.

This seems to be a PDF with some info on your motherboard:
http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/141-BL-E759.pdf

That points to the MB using a RealTek audio chipset. If the information in your device manager confirms the chipset, then you might want to get the drivers that were updated in Dec 2011: Realtek

Just a thought...

Thanks for the reply and checking on this. My motherboard is an E760 but (from memory) I think it uses the same Realtek audio chipset. I went to the Realtek website link you posted, and it said better to go to the EVGA website for downloads.

I found the EVGA download page here: EVGA Download Center

There is a list of 21 different driver updates available for download. I don't do anything with RAID (3 drivers) and I'm not on a Network (1 driver), so I can probably skip those, unless it's good practice to update all drivers as a matter of habit.

That leaves 1 chipset driver, 2 BIOS drivers, 1 software utilities driver and 13 Audio drivers. Do I need to install each one in order, from oldest to newest, or will the newest BIOS or Audio drivers include all previous updates?

 

[Scott333]

based on this from post #6 i don't see it as an Office issue

So, it appears that I do not have "feedback with sound" enabled. I think this is something systemic to Windows, because it makes the "DING!" sound on ANYTHING that I attempt to right-click and copy (internet, Adobe Acrobat Standard, Notepad, etc., etc.).

I'd try starting in Safe Mode and see if there is the Ding issue with Notepad, Browser, etc.

David,

I just rebooted into Safe Mode to try it. It would allow me to launch Microsoft Word, but then would say it was unable to verify the license, and shut the program down before I could try anything.

It did the same thing with Adobe Acrobate Standard 9.

I opened Notepad, typed some characters and tried copying and cutting them, there was NO "ding" sound. I also tried copying desktop icons, there was NO "ding" sound associated with that action either.

Both actions do cause the "ding" sound when I rebooted and started Win7 normally. So, the problem does not present itself in Safe Mode, but does in a regular Win7 reboot.

 

[Scott333]

Let's not get too far off topic, and put the XPmode on the back burner for now. Did you see UsernameIssues's post?

Your copy/paste problem sounds interesting, and I am looking into the problem your having with handling large sets of values, but again off topic.
Try posting about it here: Microsoft Office - Windows 7 Forums, and let me know.

Anak,

Thanks, I missed it earlier, I addressed UsernameIssue's post just a few minutes ago (see above). I won't worry about the virtual WinXP mode for now, and will try to stay focused on this issue.

 

[UsernameIssues]

This is the only file that you should download for now:



You can do BIOS later if you want.

While it is best to get drivers from the manufacturer's website - in this case, the files are the same. I downloaded the file from each site and did a file compare.

Given the results of your safe mode testing, I'm not as hopeful that drivers are the issue.

Edit: Can you please post a screenshot of your start up programs as shown by msconfig?

 

[brianzion]

can you not just temporarily disable system sounds (as in the pic) right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar and click on open volume mixer

 

[Scott333]

UPDATE:

I have a small Clipboard program called "M8 Free Clipboard" that I rarely use, but this is where the "ding" sound was coming from. I disabled it in the M8 Free Clipboard program and the problem is solved!

Thanks everyone for all the replies,

Scott

 

[Anak]

Thank you for the update Scott, glad to hear you found it!

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