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[carlyfalls@Hotmail.com]

I want to play Challenge of the Ancient Empire on WINXP . I haven't played since I was a kid and they had it in computer class. the problem is my boyfriend is sleeping in the same room as the comp and i can't turn off the pc speaker? anyone know how?

[trikztar]

well, you should have an icon looking like a speaker in the taskbar (the row of icons in the bottom right of your screen) - double click it and tick the box that disables the pc speaker. (if you already knew this and it doesn't work, I'm sorry for pointing it out )

[carlyfalls@Hotmail.com]

QUOTE(trikztar @ Jun 24 2007, 01:32 AM) [snapback]296069[/snapback]

well, you should have an icon looking like a speaker in the taskbar (the row of icons in the bottom right of your screen) - double click it and tick the box that disables the pc speaker. (if you already knew this and it doesn't work, I'm sorry for pointing it out )
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yeah unfortunately it doesn't turn off those annoying beeping sounds coming from my pc.

[Data]

unplug the cable.

[jg007]

right click ' my computer ' select properties hardware, device manager , system devices and then right click on system speaker and select disable this should kill it

[The Fifth Horseman]

QUOTE(jg007 @ Jun 24 2007, 08:51 PM) [snapback]296137[/snapback]

right click ' my computer ' select properties hardware, device manager , system devices and then right click on system speaker and select disable this should kill it [/b]

Not likely if the game accesses the speaker directly.

I'm with Data on this - you just have to power down your machine, open the side of the case and detach the speaker connector from the motherboard. It's not difficult.

[jg007]

hmm, not sure I agree :bleh: as dosbox I 'believe' will still use the windows xp drivers and not use direct calls to the speaker

you can also try the mixer command in dosbox

just enter ' mixer spkr 0 ' and that will set the speaker vol to 0

bit intense opening the case as sould be able to disable some other way.

I will try to d/l that game and confirm

[Data]

if he is using dosbox then it is indeed not needed. Simply set nosound to true.

[jg007]

Right Sorted


1. if using dosbox as above mixer etc.. but for some reason I cannot navigate the menus as the arrow keys only work to move the character not the menu ( or use data's nosound )

2. if using windows goto device manager , select view , show hidden devices , then select Non plug and play devices , right click on beep and select disable. it will prompt to reboot so allow to reboot and speaker will be dead

or option 3 if you want to keep the pc speaker beep -

goto device manager , select view , show hidden devices , then select Non plug and play devices , right click on beep , select properties and click on stop . run the game and then when finished just click on the start option

( this was checked on my system and works . 5th / data some pc's I have worked on have had a speaker soldered onto the board so you cannot just unplug it

[The Fifth Horseman]

She didn't say anything about using DOSBox - therefore I am inclined to believe she does not use it to run the game.