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Windows Home sErver "Beeping misery"

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by tintoman

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My client has a recently installed machine running Windows Home Server.
This is the only home server I have any knowledge of, in fact I built it myself.
If the server detects any kind of connectivity issues on the network it "beeps" via the motherboard system speaker, it seems to depend on the severity of the problem how often or how regularly it beeps.
The client has reported that the machine is beeping again today but is not reporting any issues on the network.
Does anyone know how to disable the beep warning in home server?

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by rob miners

Try this: go into device manager, select the "Show hidden devices"

option, go to "non plug and play device" find that device named

"Beep" and set it to disabled. Reboot.

Or this:
net stop beep
sc config beep start= disabled

by tintoman

It goes without saying that the server beeps for a reason, it always seems to be warning of either connectivity issues or failed backups or something.
I didn't really want to disable it totally because the client that uses it is not that computer literate and its always a good indication for me of what the problem is likely to be when they call me.
There is I gather an option to disable the beep in favour of a pop up message but I would rather have the client suffer the noise to promt them to call for assistance sooner!
I am as always obliged to you for your assistance and interest so thank you

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