Windows 7 Themes
Is there a way of disabling sound on all Windows 7 themes without having to disable it from each theme individually?
March 7th, 2010 9:32pm

Is there a way of disabling sound on all Windows 7 themes without having to disable it from each theme individually? hi , right click you screen , click ' personalize ' and go to sounds have a nice dayScan with OneCare + 50 Windows 7even Tips + Plagued by the Privacy Center? REMOVE IT + Threat Research & Response Blog + Sysinternals Live tools + TRANSLATOR+ Photosynth + Microsoft Security + Microsoft SUPPORT + PIVOT from Live Labs + Microsoft Live Labs + Get OFFICE 2010 FREE ! + Get Windows LIVE! +
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March 8th, 2010 1:50am

That will only remove sounds for a single theme. As soon as I get a new theme, the sounds will be back. I want to kill all Windows sounds, forever, permanently and with no danger of them returning. I never want to hear a Windows sound again.
March 8th, 2010 12:25pm

That will only remove sounds for a single theme. As soon as I get a new theme, the sounds will be back.I want to kill all Windows sounds, forever, permanently and with no danger of them returning. I never want to hear a Windows sound again. Hi PeterThere is a settting that prevents users from changing sounds, however I haven't tested this to see if this would prevent the theme from making any changes. It is worth a try and the setting can be reversed. Before implementing this change, make sure that all of the sounds are turned off. If you have Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, you can use option 2, and if you have Home Premium, you can use option 1 in the following tutorial.Sounds - Allow or Prevent Changing Let us know if this works for you. Thank You for using Windows 7 Ronnie Vernon MVP
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March 8th, 2010 2:36pm

Ronnie, Thanks very much for drawing my attention to this. At last I have found something that I can do with my W7 Professional that I can't do in Home Premium. It has opened up a load more options for me that I was previously blissfully unaware of. The bad news however is that it doesn't work for sound in this situation. As soon as a new theme is selected, it adopts the sound system for that theme. At the foot of the 'Personalisation' page, the sound icon is not 'greyed out' as in the instructions, but remains there. When clicking on this icon however, the option to change sound tab is missing as the article described it would be. The theory is great to stop users changing the sound profile, but they can easily side step it by choosing another theme. My temporary (maybe permanent) solution is to remove the sounds in each theme I use and save it as a 'no sounds' theme. This gives me what I want. but somewhat clutters up my personalisation window. If I save a theme, and then delete the original, my saved version becomes inoperable, so I effectively have 2 versions of each theme in 'my themes'. As I said, it was an interesting exercise in digging deeper into Windows.
March 8th, 2010 7:04pm

Ronnie,Thanks very much for drawing my attention to this. At last I have found something that I can do with my W7 Professional that I can't do in Home Premium. It has opened up a load more options for me that I was previously blissfully unaware of.The bad news however is that it doesn't work for sound in this situation. As soon as a new theme is selected, it adopts the sound system for that theme. At the foot of the 'Personalisation' page, the sound icon is not 'greyed out' as in the instructions, but remains there. When clicking on this icon however, the option to change sound tab is missing as the article described it would be.The theory is great to stop users changing the sound profile, but they can easily side step it by choosing another theme. My temporary (maybe permanent) solution is to remove the sounds in each theme I use and save it as a 'no sounds' theme. This gives me what I want. but somewhat clutters up my personalisation window. If I save a theme, and then delete the original, my saved version becomes inoperable, so I effectively have 2 versions of each theme in 'my themes'.As I said, it was an interesting exercise in digging deeper into Windows. hi , and you are logged in as admin ??have a nice dayScan with OneCare + Support ENDING for windows Vista & XP ! + Plagued by the Privacy Center? REMOVE IT + Threat Research & Response Blog + Sysinternals Live tools + TRANSLATOR + Photosynth + Microsoft Security + Microsoft SUPPORT + PIVOT from Live Labs + Microsoft Live Labs + Get OFFICE 2010 FREE ! + Windows LIVE !
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March 8th, 2010 8:40pm

Why not just disable the sound device from Device Manager, or are ther other sounds you still want to work?Rich Why can't I be different and original like everybody else? - Vivian Stanshal
March 9th, 2010 6:52am

Try this: 1. Click the volume icon in the System Tray. 2. Click Mixer. 3. Mute System Sounds. 4. Close the Volume Mixer window. 5. Change a theme to check the result. Hope this helps. Regards, Linda
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March 9th, 2010 10:21am

Why not just disable the sound device from Device Manager, or are ther other sounds you still want to work? Rich Why can't I be different and original like everybody else? - Vivian Stanshal I want to listen to music and broadcasts etc. so not an option.
March 9th, 2010 11:15am

Try this: 1. Click the volume icon in the System Tray. 2. Click Mixer . 3. Mute System Sounds . 4. Close the Volume Mixer window. 5. Change a theme to check the result. Hope this helps. Regards, Linda This is interesting. Listening more carefully, I have 2 sounds together. The windows sound and a double 'click' sound, similar to that I would hear if quickly turning a speaker on and off quickly. If I set the sound scheme as 'no sounds', I hear nothing (hurrah!) but if I do what you describe above, I don't get the windows sound (hurrah!), but still get the double click sound (boo!). I notice this most often when navigating around control panel or toggling caps lock. Only by selecting a theme with no sounds can I completely remove the sound.
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March 9th, 2010 11:20am

Hi PeterJust a thought.Have you looked at the Accessibility options in Control Panel? It sounds suspiciously like there may be something enabled in there.Open Control Panel/Ease of access center. Under Explore all settings, there are 7 sections there. Many of these settings have a sound associated with certain functions, such as when the Caps Lock is pressed.Go through each section to make sure that something isn't enabled.Hope this helps. Thank You for using Windows 7 Ronnie Vernon MVP
March 9th, 2010 5:59pm

Ronnie, I use 'toggle keys' to make a sound when I press caps lock or num lock, but nothing else. This still happens even when sounds are disabled which is good, as it is a very useful feature. However, I have now noticed that this only sounds when my speakers are switched on, and not via my PC speaker (with windows sounds on or off) so now I have something else to chew over. I then searched Google and found something to check the beep feature on my PC . Following the instructions http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000725.htm I looked in device manager, viewed hidden items, looked at 'non-plug & play drivers' and clicked on 'beep'. The driver page gave me an option to 'stop' (my thinking being that if i STOP then START again, it may work). However, the menu hung for about 30 secs and then gave me an error message. Now the driver tab of 'beep' has both START and STOP greyed out, so I can't move on. It's not a serious problem, but I should be able to hear the sounds when I hit caps lock or num lock through my system speaker.
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March 10th, 2010 12:21pm

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