Annoying Windows Sounds

Mel_P · 2 May 2020 at 10:52

All the time windows (10) seems to give me sound alerts - but from where. They seem to have no meaning? Nothing changes except dee-dee-dah-dum sounds!

How do I turn this annoyance off please?

Mel

Donnie Fisher · 9 May 2020 at 00:05

Could be notifications settings. type 'notifications' into the start search bar, and open up the settings from there.

You can sort the notifications by the most recent in that screen too, so it may show you whats been binging the sounds.

Mel_P · 9 May 2020 at 21:10

Thanks, Mel

something daft already!! · 9 May 2020 at 21:23

That sounds like a driver or device is disconnecting and then reconnecting. Possibly a USB device is sleeping and waking or a bit dodgy.

Mel_P · 9 May 2020 at 23:00

something daft already!! said:
That sounds like a driver or device is disconnecting and then reconnecting. Possibly a USB device is sleeping and waking or a bit dodgy.

You could have cracked it there! My ASUS monitor has a USB hub and I was using this connected to my PC to run my graphics tablet and a Logitech mouse/keyboard "dongle". Disconnecting this hub has stopped these "extraneous / annoying" sounds!

Good thinking batman! Thanks, Mel

Steampunk · 9 May 2020 at 23:18

You can keep using it if you want, you just have to go into device manager settings and disable the hub's option to go to sleep.

SexyGreyFox · 9 May 2020 at 23:24

I made a similar thread the other week - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-annoying-notification-sound-please.18882276/

I just went into Change System Sounds and turned them off.

Mel_P · 10 May 2020 at 19:02

Steampunk said:
You can keep using it if you want, you just have to go into device manager settings and disable the hub's option to go to sleep.

Try turning the option about power mangament in the USB hub I thought was relevant and no effect. There are are 9 other "USB root hub" entries under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" - how do I choose the right one!

Mel

Steampunk · 10 May 2020 at 19:16

Mel_P said:
Try turning the option about power mangament in the USB hub I thought was relevant and no effect. There are are 9 other "USB root hub" entries under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" - how do I choose the right one!

Mel

If they are not easy to ID, just turn them off one by one till you find the one that keeps disconnecting and reconnecting when it tries to sleep.

Mel_P · 10 May 2020 at 19:34

By unplugging with Device Manager open, the offending device is called a "USB Composite Device" - and has no tab about sleep or power management! So stuck.

Steampunk · 10 May 2020 at 19:57

Mel_P said:
By unplugging with Device Manager open, the offending device is called a "USB Composite Device" - and has no tab about sleep or power management! So stuck.

Are you sure it's not a device that you had plugged into it?

Mel_P · 10 May 2020 at 20:17

Ahem - probably yes - the Logitec dongle! It's easier just to turn the "System" volume down rather than waste both of out times! Thanks, Mel

Steampunk · 10 May 2020 at 20:26

Mel_P said:
Ahem - probably yes - the Logitec dongle! It's easier just to turn the "System" volume down rather than waste both of out times! Thanks, Mel

That device is probably just going to sleep, and windows is seeing it disappear and then come back, hence the noise. Untick the power saving box in that device's properties, and it should stop happening. I had to do the same thing with a Microsoft keyboard that doesn't play nice with Windows since one of the updates.