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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manager?
Every 10 seconds I get a "ker-plunk ker-plunk" sound that I've been able to
track down to a USB hub. I've tried power-cycling the USB hub, and restarted Windows, and I still get the sound. The Device Manager window does some sort of rescan/refresh at the same time as the sounds, so I'm thinking it's some sort of DM issue. This actually started on an old XP PC a few weeks ago, but this morning it started happening on a much newer Vista PC. So I'm wondering if there wasn't some recent Windows update that caused this. Any ideas on how to get rid of the sound? I can't just leave the hub unplugged. Thanks, Mike |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manager?
An update - I should have taken 10 extra minutes to troubleshoot a little more.
The connect/disconnect sound is coming from a Wireless USB adapter. I get the sound whether it's in the USB hub, or plugged directly into the PC. I don't believe it's the device, since it's been plugged into this PC for several months, and it's never been used on the older XP PC that's having a similar problem. So, any ideas what may be causing the same DM issue on two different PCs? Thanks again..... "Mike Hartsough" wrote: Every 10 seconds I get a "ker-plunk ker-plunk" sound that I've been able to track down to a USB hub. I've tried power-cycling the USB hub, and restarted Windows, and I still get the sound. The Device Manager window does some sort of rescan/refresh at the same time as the sounds, so I'm thinking it's some sort of DM issue. This actually started on an old XP PC a few weeks ago, but this morning it started happening on a much newer Vista PC. So I'm wondering if there wasn't some recent Windows update that caused this. Any ideas on how to get rid of the sound? I can't just leave the hub unplugged. Thanks, Mike |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manager?
An update - I should have taken 10 extra minutes to troubleshoot a little more. The connect/disconnect sound is coming from a Wireless USB adapter. I get the sound whether it's in the USB hub, or plugged directly into the PC. I don't believe it's the device, since it's been plugged into this PC for several months, and it's never been used on the older XP PC that's having a similar problem. So, any ideas what may be causing the same DM issue on two different PCs? Thanks again..... "Mike Hartsough" wrote: Every 10 seconds I get a "ker-plunk ker-plunk" sound that I've been able to track down to a USB hub. I've tried power-cycling the USB hub, and restarted Windows, and I still get the sound. The Device Manager window does some sort of rescan/refresh at the same time as the sounds, so I'm thinking it's some sort of DM issue. This actually started on an old XP PC a few weeks ago, but this morning it started happening on a much newer Vista PC. So I'm wondering if there wasn't some recent Windows update that caused this. Any ideas on how to get rid of the sound? I can't just leave the hub unplugged. Thanks, Mike |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manage
Nevermind...
Source of the sound is a utility that's running on both PCs that checks for a printer on my home Network. Apparently if the printer is turned off the utility looks for it every 10 seconds and makes that sound. What a nuisance. Apologies for wasting anyone's time..... |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manage
Nevermind...
Source of the sound is a utility that's running on both PCs that checks for a printer on my home Network. Apparently if the printer is turned off the utility looks for it every 10 seconds and makes that sound. What a nuisance. Apologies for wasting anyone's time..... |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manage
It's never a waste when you post the solution. Someone else may have been
following this thread looking for an answer, in which case you've helped them. "Mike Hartsough" wrote in message news Nevermind... Source of the sound is a utility that's running on both PCs that checks for a printer on my home Network. Apparently if the printer is turned off the utility looks for it every 10 seconds and makes that sound. What a nuisance. Apologies for wasting anyone's time..... |
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How To Stop "Ker-plunk ker-plunk" USB sound from Device Manage
It's never a waste when you post the solution. Someone else may have been
following this thread looking for an answer, in which case you've helped them. "Mike Hartsough" wrote in message news Nevermind... Source of the sound is a utility that's running on both PCs that checks for a printer on my home Network. Apparently if the printer is turned off the utility looks for it every 10 seconds and makes that sound. What a nuisance. Apologies for wasting anyone's time..... |