"Ed O'Brien" <edward.j.obrien@deletebtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, Donald.
>
> Running Pocess Manager only found one file in Sysem32.
>
> Having now checked out every .wav file I can find - about 1,000 - I have
> still not found the culprits. Describing a noise is a bit like trying to
> describe a colour but the annoying noise is a bit like a warship's horn
> but sinking as apposed to rising. eeeeeeeeeYum!!
>
> Do you know of any other file extension Windows, or Office, for that
> matter, uses to liven things up?
If the sound is being generated by the Windows Operating System is could
show up in Process Manager under several different processes depending on
how the sound is being generated. Such processes as, winlogon.exe,
Rundll32.exe, wmplayer.exe...etc.
For example if you set the wave file "Windows XP Default.wav" as the default
sound for "Close Program" in the Control Panel, and then close a program
while running Process Manager, you would see an entry in Process Manager
like this:
[winlogon.exe QueryOpen C
WINDOWS\Media\Windows XP Default.wav SUCCESS]
If you simply double clicked on that file "Windows XP Default.wav" to open
it up in Windows Media Player, you would see an entry in Process Manager
that looked like this:
[wmplayer.exe ReadFile C
WINDOWS\Media\Windows XP Default.wav SUCCESS]
Notice that in both examples Process Manager shows the Process Name that is
executing the sound file, and lists the Path to the wave file that is being
executed.
Sorry I don't have anything else to offer with regard to this issue.
Donald Anadell
>
> Ed
>
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> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
> news:u0jLk4FlKHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Ed O'Brien" <edward.j.obrien@deletebtinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6C92411-0387-4953-A78D-6B8307280CBA@microsoft.com...
>>> Well, Donald, I tried all processes several times, including purposely
>>> creating a sound but found no reference to a .wav file. I tried
>>> searching *.wav. in all processes and got no results in any. I guess
>>> individual sound files are not logged as such. Using Clipmate I found
>>> the file and the usual reference, \blobtxt.idx : \blobblob.idx :
>>> \blobblob.blb, which are the storing of data, yet nowhere does it refer
>>> to the "bop!" one gets when copying.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Don't use the wild card(*) in you search criteria, just search for .wav
>> only.
>>
>> Donald Anadell
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
>>> news1sKhq4kKHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "Ed O'Brien" <edward.j.obrien@deletebtinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>> news64AE0CC-76D4-4393-B218-AA978FF00F12@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Sorry to be so long coming back, Donald.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have downloaded Process Monitor and at 64% and around 500,000
>>>>> entries into it it looks like being another half hour to run. I really
>>>>> want to get rid of these noises, but frankly, how am I to locate a
>>>>> noise?
>>>>
>>>> If you have a certain set of sequences that produces the unknown sound
>>>> on your machine, then start Process Monitor and go through that
>>>> sequence.
>>>>
>>>> Once you've produced the sound, then stop capturing in Process Monitor
>>>> by hitting CTRL + E and it will stop capturing events.
>>>>
>>>> Then use the search function in Process Monitor(Edit||Find) to search
>>>> for any reference the .wav file in the captured events.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>>
>>>> Donald Anadell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eK7iuAukKHA.5604@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ed O'Brien" <edward.j.obrien@deletebtinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%23yUxgoqkKHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Thanks, Don.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have set Startup for just a small hand-full of programmes, none of
>>>>>>> which make a sound. I also tested each sound in "Sound" to find the
>>>>>>> most irritating 'boing' and searched for *.wav and checked out all
>>>>>>> of those - nearly 1,000 - also without finding the culprits!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any other suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use the Sysinternals utility Process Monitor to try and track
>>>>>> down the process that is emitting the sound.
>>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Donald Anadell
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uz6hzBgkKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> Look at programs (security, privacy, etc) which load at startup and
>>>>>>>> run in
>>>>>>>> the background. Look in the System Tray for these programs and run
>>>>>>>> MSCONFIG
>>>>>>>> ((Start > Run> (type in) msconfig)) > Startup tab. Check these
>>>>>>>> programs for
>>>>>>>> options to make a sound when a particular action occurs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Ed O'Brien" <edward.j.obrien@deletebtinternet.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>> news:43D2E569-8ACE-4B91-A5B2-9FC19F1607A7@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>> Windows Vista Home Premium. IE7. Office 2007
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Peculiar sounds annoy me so I have set 'Sounds' to virtually nil
>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>> Control Panel/Sounds and disabling all the Windows boings and
>>>>>>>>> beeps and
>>>>>>>>> saved the setting as "My own".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> However, I keep getting the odd boing, burp and beep, such as when
>>>>>>>>> closing
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> programme after pasting something and closing E7.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is there somewhere else I should look to stop these irritants?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TIA or any help.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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