26 Jan 10 How to disable the BEEP sound in Terminal Services
In the following scenario:
- Using Microsoft Terminal Services (Windows 2003 or 2008).
- Sound redirection disabled at the server or turned off at the client
Certain system events will still cause the system to ‘beep’ out of the system speaker. Turning off Windows Sound Schemes doesn’t stop the notification beep. Note this is sound is NOT out of the normal soundcard/external speakers but will be out of the internal speaker on the motherboard. If you’re having this problem, you’ll know how incredibly annoying it is. After hours of digging online and trying different scenarios, I stumbled across a fix and have documented it here.
On the terminal server, open Regedit and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
Right-click on the ‘Terminal Server’ key on the left, select “New”, then “DWORD Value”. Name the value ‘DisableBeep’, press ‘Enter’ and double-click on it to change the ‘Data’ field. Enter ‘1′ as the ‘Value Data’ and click OK. Close the registry editor and restart the server. You will now have a non-beeping Terminal Server!
DisableBeep Registry Entry
Tags: terminal server, terminal services, Win2008
