Random Dings

[gamer-X1023]

When I'm Playing Any Game Or Watching Movies A Windows ding sound Comes Up And It Gets Really Anonnying And i dont know what is making it ding even if i let the pc alone it still does it.

[davidw]

Do you have Yahoo messenger, or MSN or Windows messenger running? ICQ? AIM? or any other type of IM client? You might want to check there first.

[gamer-X1023]

nope only Xfire Im but still does it even when im not logged in to xfire

[Axel]

go into the sounds applet in control panel - under the "schemes" pull down - select "no sounds" or "none" depending on the OS version and windows will finally shut up already - hehehe.....

basically - there's some systems event you keep hitting that causes the windows chime to go off..... -

Also - go into your event log and see if it is full - you might have a huge event log file that needs clearing and it might actually tell you what's dinging and why.

You had a question about your virtual memory in another thread. When windows reaches your max size for your swap file, it starts using hard drive read-writes in other areas which might be causing your system sound. Perhaps increasing your swap file size will eliminate the sound. If you don't have enough space on drive c: , you might tell windows to use space on another drive letter to create a larger swap file. Games tend to eat up swap file space when they re-draw graphics.

[gamer-X1023]

ok it worked thanks
where is the event log?

[Axel]

in 2000 or xp - right click on my computer and select "manage" - and in the manage menu you'll usually find the event viewer - also - you should be able to get to it through the contol panel