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More info?)
"Lowen" <Lowen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Vanguard" wrote:
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>> "Lowen" <Lowen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > My Computer information
>> > Fine information...
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>> Repeat: I can't find that one on my WinXP setup. Could you elaborate
>> on
>> how you
>> get to this function?
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> Thanks for your comments.
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> First off - booting to Safe Mode and following my previous actions
> resulted
> in NO beeps. So presumably no hardware problem?
>
> Now to get to the function mentioned - this is part of Windows XP
>
> Open the Start menu
> Choose Help and Support
> The Help and Support Center window opens up
>
> Under Pick a Task choose
> Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems
> The Help and Support Center now shows Tools
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> From the list on the left pane choose
> My Computer Information
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> The right pane now shows a series of actions
> -View general system information about this computer
> -View the status of my system hardware and software
> +Find information about the hardware installed on this computer
> -View a list of Microsoft software installed on this computer
>
> Choose Find information about the hardware installed on this computer
> A progress bar then shows
> During the collection of information the beeping occurs for a short
> while
> When the collection of information is finished the right pane
> contatins info
> about the computer (beeping has stopped)
Rather than dig through all that navigation (I would've never guess it
from "My Computer - Find information ..."), what happens when you use
the System Information tool (msinfo32.exe)? Rather than scanning on
everything, you can just click on a particular item under a category,
see "Refreshing", and the list of information in the right pane. That
way, you can probably narrow down where the beeping occurs. For
example, after opening msinfo32, click on the "+" icon next to
Components, then click on the "+" next to Storage, and last click on
Drives. Did the beeping occur before this or only when you click to
highlight the Drives category? What if you select the Disks or IDE
items? When you first open msinfo32, it has the Summary category
selected by default and there is a short refresh there. Did you hear
any beeps at that time?
> Further note
> When choosing to right-click on the Hard Disk Drive in My Computer if
> I
> quickly choose any option no beeping occurs. It is only when the
> context menu
> is left open then the beeping occurs.
That's why I figure it is an extension that gets activated to show up in
the context menu but only when the object is a hard drive when opening
the context menu. ShellExView will show you the extensions.
Have you checked the Events Viewer to see if any errors occur during the
time of the beeping?