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https://www.google.com.au/?#q=windows+8.1+"critical+stop"+random
Does anyone else have random beeps from their Windows computer?
"Critical Stop" is a sound event which Windows plays after an error occurs. It's a nasty noise, and I changed the wav file for this one to something less jarring...
...because like many others in the google link, my Windows 8.1 plays the sound at random times such as when copying files, and archiving files, and even when a command line media player finishes playing a different sound.
Others have a worse problem and it plays endlessly at 10 second intervals.
Anyway, I disabled that sound event completely now.
Does anyone else have random beeps from their Windows computer?
"Critical Stop" is a sound event which Windows plays after an error occurs. It's a nasty noise, and I changed the wav file for this one to something less jarring...
...because like many others in the google link, my Windows 8.1 plays the sound at random times such as when copying files, and archiving files, and even when a command line media player finishes playing a different sound.
Others have a worse problem and it plays endlessly at 10 second intervals.
Anyway, I disabled that sound event completely now.