

wav files on your computer already, you can click on the Browse button to select anything on your computer. You can choose any of the sounds in the drop down box or scroll to the top of the list and choose if you want total silence. If you want to disable a specific task, simply scroll down the list of “Program Events” until you find the one you want to modify and click on it The currently assigned sound file will be displayed at the bottom of the window with a button to the right that will play the current sound. Once the Control Panel window is open, look for the “Sounds and Audio Devices” option and open it.Ĭlick on the “Sounds” tab at the top to display all of your sound options If you want to change up the default sounds as a group, you can select from the drop down menu the “No Sounds” option to turn off all of the sounds, Windows Default to put it back to the way it came or one of the other themes that may be installed in your system (generally only one called Utopia comes pre-installed). If there is not an obvious option for opening the Control Panel, you can always click on Start/Run and type “control” then hit Enter To make changes to your standard system sounds, you will need to access the Windows Control Panel Depending upon how your Start menu is configured, you may see a direct link to the Control Panel when you click on the Start button or it may be under the Settings option. Windows has the ability to assign sounds to just about any action and we’re all familiar with the default sounds for startup, shutdown and errors.Īny of these assigned sounds can be turned off or changed to something that is more to your liking You can even download lots of free sounds that will work as long as the are in the. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting. This question was answered on July 6, 2006. Can you help me find and nuke the wav file? Is there a way to disable the Microsoft Windows XP boot up sound? If my volume is on, I have to hear the darn thing and there are times that quiet is a necessity.
