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exradio   01-18-2006 at 05:36:42 PM

My boss stumped me with this one this morning:

His computer (running XP Home) at home keeps ringing--playing a "telephone" sound file. He suspects that it stems from Messenger's alerts that his children use, and to that end, he has uninstalled Messenger. But the ringing has not stopped. Every twenty seconds or so, the computer rings. Makes it far too annoying to do anything with the speakers on.

I haven't been to the house to look at it yet, so I don't have a clue as to what other applications are in play...just wanted to know if anyone else had encountered this so I would know where to start looking. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Ex

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Zoron   01-19-2006 at 10:00:12 PM
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Netmeeting is the only app I can think of that used the telephone ring. I have not heard a telephone ring from MSN Messenger in all the years that I've used it. Tell him to check what he's running.

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marshahu   01-29-2006 at 08:32:30 PM
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MSN 7.5 now enables voice conversations, and when voice convo invitations are sent they usually follow a ringing sound

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darklegionca   02-02-2006 at 03:38:48 PM
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you are right but why would it keep going thats the odd thing

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jack445   02-11-2006 at 06:28:53 PM
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It could be a virus. To check goto start menu, click ruin, type msconfig, then click the startup tab. If you see anything that looks like a virus then either untick it or if you're worriesd it may be a driver or somthing then goto www.trendmicro.com to have your computer scanned.

(don't know why anyone would make a virus like this tho)

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zbik75   05-17-2006 at 02:14:10 PM
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I've also developed the same problem, both on my PC and my laptop since having installed the new MSN Messenger. Both keep ringing with no regular pattern whatsoever. Sometimes more often and at other times very rarely. It's a real pain in the ass! I've checked MSconfig, there are no weird things on startup. I'm firewalled and run constant virus checks with Norton. Any feedback appreciated, thanks.

Running Windows XP SP2; Pentium 4 3.2GHZ; 1GHz RAM; Norton Antivirus 2005

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Zoron   05-17-2006 at 06:55:43 PM
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Make sure you uninstall the old Messenger 4.7 before installing the new one. The old one can still run in the background and not even show up in the system tray.

Search the articles on TackTech.com... there is one there for removing Windows Messenger that is included with XP. I have a sneaky suspicion that's what's causing your problem.

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TacoBelle   02-10-2007 at 04:53:54 AM
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I came here to try to figure out why my computer was "ringing" and found this thread. Since then I figured out why my computer was "ringing." I don't know if this will solve your problem or if you already found the reason. I had checked all the sounds from my sound setup and none of them sounded quite like this. I have msn messenger turned off, so I knew it wasn't that. But it was quite irritating and made it impossible to listen to a CD while working.

So here's what I found my problem was from. I had recently reinstalled DU Meter. In the options you can turn the alert sounds on and off, but I guess the default was set on. When I clicked the test button, there was my ringing sound. So I turned it off and that seems to have taken care of the problem.

Had your boss installed something new previous to hearing this sound start? It might not be DU Meter, but if there is a sound option, it could be any program. And if it's a new sound, chances are it's something new, recently installed. Good luck. Hope you figure it out! It took me about a week!

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ezrabm   05-10-2007 at 07:36:13 PM
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The computer ringing an up/down continuous tone is my problem, which comes and goes.

It is not connected to a worm or Trojan Horse (avast! antivirus) and I am at aloss as to what causes it. I have plenty of RAM, showing over 250Mb free of 770.

Is it connected to a Power problem? There is no problem in using the computer and its many programs.

But the noise? A high pitched ringing ! Any ideas?
What can I check?
Thanks, ezrab

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