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How to fix the annoying 'ding' sound on changing volume?

Anonymous
2011-02-11T00:28:30+00:00

Whenever I change my system sound from the slider at the bottom (Volume Mixer) - it plays a 'Ding' sound as if I did a crime and it is really annoying. I know I can go to Sound settings in Control Panel and change the sound of 'Default Beep' to 'None' or something less painful to ears. But that's not what I want - as Windows should still alert me when I'm really doing a Crime and I guess all the  applications/windows modules relying on the "Default Beep" would be affected by my change. How to just tell the volume slider to shut up?

Thanks,

Piyush

Piyush Soni,Tata Consultancy Services, India

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@CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2015-02-10T18:15:54+00:00

I would suppose you can also go tell Windows that the default beep sound effect is "none", so that nothing ever plays that sound.  But then if another program tries to cause a beep, you'll hear nothing.  So for that reason, I prefer to use the "roll your mouse" method.

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  1. @CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-02-11T21:34:29+00:00

    This is how Windows was designed.  The volume preview plays the default sound so that you can hear how loud the volume is.  It's not new -- this function has behaved this way for the past 16 years.

    However - there is a little trick I use when I don't want to hear the ding but still adjust my volume:

    1. Click the speaker icon to show the volume slider
    2. Instead of clicking, roll your mouse scroll wheel up and down

    Otherwise, there is no way to change this behavior.  You could install other volume control apps (there are also some volume control "Desktop Gadgets"), or you can change the sound it uses.

    Shawn B Keene | Microsoft Community Contributer

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-02-11T19:47:49+00:00

    Thanks. Your reply was almost like "Hi, this is by design. If you don't like the design, stop using Windows". How do we vote as 'unhelpful'? 

    Piyush Soni,Tata Consultancy Services, India

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-05T07:21:43+00:00

    The volume control did not "DING" in XP. 

    But, here is one Windows 7 option to get rid of it while mouse clicking:

    I just followed the above posters directions but on the sounds tab,

    sound scheme dropdown I chose "no sounds".

    Finally that annoying DING is gone.

    Does no one who  works on Windows listen to music?

    I vote DING worst new "feature" in Windows 7.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-02-11T22:10:18+00:00

    Aah ! Shawn. I didn't know the scroll trick... thanks a lot for that quick info. ... that makes my life a lot less noisy :)

    Piyush Soni,Tata Consultancy Services, India

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