Tip #4515 - Stop That Clicking Sound
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Stop
That Clicking Sound
Have you ever
noticed that when you click a link in Internet Explorer, there is
a distinct “clicking” sound that plays through your speakers?
As if the actual click of the mouse button wasn’t realistic
enough! If you’ve never heard that sound, you should consider
yourself lucky, because by default, it is always activated. At first,
it’s unnoticeable, but as you become more experienced with surfing
the Web and you begin to follow links to your favorite Web sites,
you will start to hear it more frequently. Luckily, there is an easy
way to turn this sound effect off. Let's see how!
First, you need to find the Control Panel. In Windows XP, the Control
Panel can be located right from the Start menu, as
shown below. For Windows 95/98/Me/NT, click on the Start
button, choose Settings and then click on the
Control Panel icon.
Once you have the Control Panel open, you'll need to search for the
Audio properties. In Windows XP, you will find that under Sounds
and Audio Devices, if you're in the Classic View.
If you're in the Category View, you will first need
to click on Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices, followed
by Sounds and Audio Devices.
(To see whether you are in the Classic or Category view, simply refer
to the first box in the blue column on the left hand side of the Control
Panel window).
Below is a screenshot
from the Windows XP Control Panel in the Classic View:
Here is one of
the Windows XP Control Panel in the Category View:
For older computers,
you can find the same settings by clicking on Sounds and Multimedia
Properties or simply Sounds, depending on
the version of Windows you're using.
Now, once you’ve
clicked on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon, you
will see the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
window. Across the top of that screen, you will see various tabs that
can take you to different parts of the Properties area. Go ahead and
click on the Sounds tab.
In the second
half of the screen, you will see a scroll menu that lists all of the
Windows sounds in different categories. Scroll down until you reach
the Windows Explorer category and then click on the
Start Navigation option.
When you click
on the Start Navigation sound, a drop down menu will become available
at the bottom of the window. This is where you can change the sound
for each action. Click on the drop down arrow and a list of available
sounds will appear. The one at the very top is the one we want. Find
it and select [None].
Once you select
[None], the last step is to click the OK button at
the bottom.
Ah, silence sure
is golden, isn’t it?!
So, the next time
you click on a hyperlink in Internet Explorer, you will no longer
have to listen to that artificial clicking sound that has plagued
you for far too long!
~ Brandon Freund
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