TSGL: Mouse Problem - variation ->Joe

[John S]

>> At first Joe wrote:
>>     
>>>  <snip>
>>> I'm using Win XP Home SP2, and every time I perform a
>>> simple operation like an Open or Save in Excel, I get a soft beep.  In Control Panel, I have sounds turned off completely.
>>>       
>> Then John S wrote:
>>
>> Joe,
>> To turn off actions sounds in Excel:
>> Open Excel
>> Click Tools(menu) | Options | General(tab)
>> Clear the check box next to 'Provide feedback with sound'
>> Click OK
>>     
> Then Joe wrote:
> I should have mentioned that I'm using MS Office 2003.  I checked in both Excel and Word, and Provide feedback with sound is not checked in 
> either.  So something else is causing it.  Thanks for mentioning it because I didn't realize there was such an option.
Then John S writes:
Joe,
Go to Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices | Volume(tab)
Make sure the box next to Mute is checked, then, left-click a number of 
times on the volume slider handle/pointer.
Questions:
1)  Does the sound tone from each click sound exactly the same as those 
events feedback sounds you hear in Word and Excel?
2)  Do those event sounds from Word and/or Excel have the same tone no 
matter what the event actions are that initiates them?
3)  Does these event sounds appear to you to be coming from the 
tower/case in the case of an desktop PC?
If you are able to answer ''yes'' to all three Q's then that means those 
'soft beeps' you get are coming from a mini speaker mounted on the main 
board. This device operates quite independently to the main board's 
integrated audio and/or plug in sound cards.
Such mini speakers serve a purpose  primarily for technicians 
troubleshooting the main board for problems and as such, it should 
always be enabled and not killed to keep it quiet.
To go a long way to reduce the sound it makes you could consider 
taping/soft-gluing a piece of card or foam material over its face to 
muffle the sound it makes.

Let us know how you get on!!

Best... ~ John S.