Vista 32 popping sound

smokey182 · Mar 20, 2008

Hi all, I stumbled across your forum while trying to sort my damn comp before it goes out the window.

I work from home and usually listen to radio 1 via the internet.

Ever since I have installed Vista Ultimate 32bit I get a annoying popping sound while surfing the internet.

Pop up blocker is switched off!

I have attached a .wav file for you to have a gander at.

Any help much appreciated as its really doing my head in!

Thanks

Smokey

Fast forward to 50 seconds and 1m 5 seconds

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FightingScallion · Mar 21, 2008

I recognize this sound, but I can't place where I've heard it before. I just spent some time listening to all the default Windows sounds, and there's no clue there.

My guess is that it is related to a non-Microsoft pop-up blocker. Which browser are you using? Do you have any third-party toolbars installed?

Dragor · Mar 21, 2008

Thanks to windows Vista, every program now has its own volume control, even Web browsers and messengers! Simply click on the volume icon on the task bar and click on mixer. Then, in the new window, you can see which running programs have outputted sound from the moment they started. when the popping sound plays, it must come from one of these apps. Just drag down the volume for that app n u're done!

As for guessing what's making the sound, I think its Firefox blocking pop-ups, i guess

smok3it420 · Aug 30, 2008

I have the same problem. Running IE. Media Player and anything I listen to over the internet pops when i open new pages or refresh old ones. I turned down the volume in Inernet Explorer but it didn't work.

Any other ideas would be apreciated

Lostandconfused · Oct 8, 2008

I am also having this same problem, and don't know what to do about it, my volume is on mute and I still can hear it though, does anyone have any ideas? I'm about to lose my mind.

Thank you

smok3it420 · Oct 8, 2008

I updated my drivers and that worked for about 2 weeks, but know it's doing it again. No idea.

mansrm81 · Oct 9, 2008

I get a pop sound when my mom uses her hair dryer all I did to fix it was move my computer to a different outlet.

smok3it420 · Oct 9, 2008

That's really not my problem. It's only when I am opening a web page

mansrm81 · Oct 9, 2008

Check the in the sounds in the control panel then find start navagation and put the sound to none.

smok3it420 · Oct 9, 2008

Thats a different sound. When IE is opening the page I get several pops from my speaker. Thanks for your advice.

mansrm81 · Oct 9, 2008

Does it also make the popping sound if you use headphones too.

phorwich · Apr 6, 2009

I too am experiencing a randomly (apparently) timed popping sound. It does sound like the audio cue from a pop-up blocker (pretty sure ads-gone once used it), but it is different from the one provided in the .wav file at the beginning of this thread.

The question for me here is, "How can I determine the source of a sound?" Which application/process is sending or generating this to audio_out? Can a log for such things be generated?

I actually searched for all *wav and *mp3 files on my vista 64 pc and listed to the ones that were shorter than a few seconds. No luck. Browsed all the offerings in the Sounds section of the control panel as well. No match. I have to assume the sound data is generated on the fly by whatever app is the culprit here. I also tried keeping a record of the times the sound is heard and then cross referencing this list to event timestamps found in the event viewer. No joy.

Turns out, this is a great annoyance :-)

Can anyone assist with relief? Am I missing some gem in another forum? Searching for "popping" often yields other real issues related to playback quality, which is a seperate kettle of fish.

Many thanks in advance -

Perry
(Heard two "pop!" sounds while writing this :huh:

rays · Apr 18, 2009

anyone found a solution ?i have the same problem and i even brought a new sound card thinking it was the cause of the problem, this is driving me crazy

phorwich · Apr 29, 2009

Went all the way to buying a new sound card? I'm almost there.
No solution yet that I am aware of. For what it's worth, I'm running:

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BLACKBIRD
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Blackbird-002
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz, 2833 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD P06, 6/25/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.34 GB
Total Virtual Memory 8.18 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.58 GB
Page File Space 4.29 GB

and

Name Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)
Manufacturer Creative Technology, Ltd.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_002C1102&REV_00\4&276FBEC1&0&4878
I/O Port 0x00009C00-0x00009C1F
Memory Address 0xD3C00000-0xD3DFFFFF
Memory Address 0xCC000000-0xD3FFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 17
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ctaud2k.sys (6.0.1.1368, 668.27 KB (684,312 bytes), 10/8/2008 2:22 AM)

and audio codecs:

c:\windows\system32\imaadp32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\IMAADP32.ACM 6.0.6000.16386 21.00 KB (21,504 bytes) 11/2/2006 5:53 AM
c:\windows\system32\l3codeca.acm Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen IIS Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec OK C:\Windows\system32\L3CODECA.ACM 1.9.0.401 70.50 KB (72,192 bytes) 1/20/2008 9:50 PM
c:\windows\system32\msadp32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSADP32.ACM 6.0.6000.16386 22.00 KB (22,528 bytes) 11/2/2006 5:53 AM
c:\windows\system32\msg711.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSG711.ACM 6.0.6000.16386 14.00 KB (14,336 bytes) 11/2/2006 5:53 AM
c:\windows\system32\msgsm32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSGSM32.ACM 6.0.6000.16386 28.00 KB (28,672 bytes) 11/2/2006 5:53 AM

Have an HP 24" LCD monitor with the speakers turned "off" and am fresh out of good ideas.

pooch · Apr 29, 2009

I think most of these popping noises are most probably caused by a lack of electromagnetic shielding, Mansrm's answer is very close to the mark, these noises can be caused by any electrical devices a typical example that most people should know is caused by a Mobile Phone to close to the Hifi or PC

Various answers, would be to change the speakers, move the PC, try a different wall outlet or to shoot the hairdryer.
Turning down the sound will in most cases not work as the onboard speaker will also be affected.

For the rest, have you tried to scan for malware?

rays · Apr 30, 2009

pooch said:
I think most of these popping noises are most probably caused by a lack of electromagnetic shielding, Mansrm's answer is very close to the mark, these noises can be caused by any electrical devices a typical example that most people should know is caused by a Mobile Phone to close to the Hifi or PC

Various answers, would be to change the speakers, move the PC, try a different wall outlet or to shoot the hairdryer.
Turning down the sound will in most cases not work as the onboard speaker will also be affected.

For the rest, have you tried to scan for malware?

well i dint had that problem with xp with the same hardware and the problem started when i installed vista x64

rays · May 3, 2009

i think i fix my problem , i uninstalled comodo firewall and for the pass 2 day no problem so far.

btw i still have my router for firewall.

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