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After installing Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) on a Virtual Machine, a system beep kept annoying me. The beep occurred with every system event.
There are two possibilities: turn it off for one session, or turn it off for good.

To turn it off for only one session, do the following:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. In the run box type
   net stop beep

To turn off the beep permanently, do the following:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. In the run box type
   sc config beep start= disabled (please note the space after the = !!)

To change the status of the beep again, type any of the following in the run box:

• sc config beep start= boot (for loading device driver by the boot loader)
• sc config beep start= system (for loading device driver by the kernel initialization)
• sc config beep start= auto (for starting service automatically at startup. Even when no one logs on)
• sc config beep start= demand (for starting service manually (default, when no start parameter is specified))
• sc config beep start= disabled (completely disables the service)
• sc config beep start= delayed-auto (for starting service after other “auto” services are started)