Windows 8 Startup Sound. Windows 8 is a different beast altogether and pretty much all the startup and shutdown sounds are disabled by default. This is because Windows 8 sports a new fast boot (hybrid boot) that cuts down on the boot time significantly. There are two problems with Windows 8: 1. Realtek AC 97 Audio Driver. This utility allows you to customize the way your computer plays audio streams; you can change equalizer and surround settings, for example. A restart may be necessary for the changes to take effect. Realtek AC 97 Audio Driver for Windows 7 is licensed as freeware for Windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating system without.
My Windows 7 system makes an intermittent ding sound (like a single chime, or bell). I don't know which process does it. So, my question is: Is there software/method out there that can tell me which processes are currently sending output to the sound device?
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Fire up the volume control which will list all applications that recently made sounds. If you have it open while the sound plays you can also see which application is doing it.
JoeyJoeyMy case is likely different, but solution for me was to right-click the speaker icon on the task bar and select 'Sounds'. I cycled through the list until I found the sound that matched what I kept hearing. In my case it turned out to be the 'fingerprint scan failed' notification and I realized I kept accidentally swiping my hand over the fingerprint scanner and triggering the sound, hahaha. But same method might help you troubleshoot your case.
I had this problem today. I changed from Windows (modified) sound to Windows default and it disappeared. Just a thought
Its most likely the close program sound which only plays a sound in some sound schemes.It is triggered Normally programs closing.
But is also triggered by processes (Which you can see in the second tab of Windows task manager.)
When the sound plays you can see the number of processes drops by one so it triggers the sound. (you can see this count in bottom left)