Thanks, that's what worked.
"freddy" <fkirschen@tidalwave.net> wrote in message
news:A7177C31-99A1-4170-97A2-66C0C11AED8E@microsoft.com...
> Tech_vs_Life,
>
> My Beep driver doesn't "beep" so I've no problem with. Anyway, take a
> look
> at this link and your problem will be solved:
>
> http://weyland.be/wrdprss/index.php/...windows-vista/
>
> Take care,
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Tech_vs_Life" wrote:
>
>> On 32-bit Vista ultimate, I have an audio problem--and I'm not sure if
>> it's
>> hardware related or driver-related. With a Dell Latitude D820 laptop
>> (Intel
>> 945P chipset), I get an extremely loud beep (and volume or mute has no
>> effect on it), every time I move from one item to another item but only
>> on a
>> few specific types of lists:
>> for example, the list of drives under:
>> Programs, Administrative tools, computer management, storage, Disk
>> management.
>> or the list of items in pcanywhere host or remote screens.
>>
>> (but no beep when navigating files in windows explorer, or most other
>> places).
>>
>> The only way to get rid of the beep that I've discovered is to stop the
>> Windows Audio service--but that has the side-effect of disabling ALL
>> sound
>> and audio from the system.
>>
>> Any suggestions on what to do, or what might be the cause?
>>
>> I've tried reinstalling the SigmaTel audio drivers from dell
>> (6.10.0.5343),
>> but no change. I tried newer drivers that seemed to be compatible from
>> Intel's website but they didn't install ("device object not found"
>> message,
>> or "wrong driver" message).
>>
>>