thanks, I let symantec know. I may still have some issue, since the newer
Intel sigmatel audio driver (for the 945 chipset) won't install, but perhaps
it is designed not to install on Dell customized versions of the intel
boards (I haven't experienced this problem with other Intel drivers).
"Chris P." <msdn@chrisnet.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:31:01 -0400, Tech_vs_Life wrote:
>
>> One more note: stopping the "beep" driver (?) under Non-Plug and Play
>> drivers in Device Manager (with View, Show hidden devices selected),
>> solves
>> the issue, while not disabling normal windows beeps.
>>
>> I assume I can safely disable the Beep driver. I don't know whether this
>> a
>> bug in Vista or SigmaTel, or both, or who provides the beep driver.
>
> PCAnywhere explicitly sends "beeps" as opposed to sounds or sounds events,
> and does not offer a way to shut them off. Easy solution as you've found
> is to disable the beep driver.
>
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