One of the things that really pissed me off with Windows Vista during my time using it, is that the system beep is infinitely more annoying than it is under other versions of Windows.

Applications such as XNews, the news reader, and Aggregator, my RSS reader of choice, would beep every time I read an article. Of course, I could turn down the volume on the lappy, but this gets annoying especially when I want to listen to some tunes.

A quick Google search, however, reveals the solution. I can’t claim this as one of my own solutions, therefore I’ll link to the site I got it from.

Anyway. Go into the Device Manager. Under Vista, this is a bit different. Go into the Control Panel, select Classic View on the left, then click the System icon, and Device Manager is on the left. (of course, you can right-click Computer, go to Properties and select Device manager from there)

Once you’re in there, click on View, select “Show Hidden Devices”. You’ll now get another couple of options. Select “Non Plug and Play Devices”. In there, you’ll see “Beep”.

Double click this, select the “Driver” tab. Under “Current Status”, click Stop to disable it straight away, and to disable it all together, select “Disabled” under the Startup section. No more annoying beep!!