My speakers make strange sounds if my cellphone comes within 2 feet of them.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
Triple Boot

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
...
That could easily be. I had that for a while a few years ago when I had a
new neighbor that was a radio ham operator. I don't know what would cause
it in the OP's case, but it is a good thought.

"Peter" wrote in message
...
The ghost sounds are more likely interference.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
Triple Boot

"Bob" wrote in message
. ..
McAfee is known to cause many problems. Sometimes they don’t show up
immediately.
Replace McAfee with the free AVG http://free.grisoft.com/ or Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html, and Windows Firewall and
Windows Defender. Disabling McAfee is not enough. You need to completely
uninstall it.

McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/U...val-Tool.shtml

-------
*Report back, please*
[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying
to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue]


[How to ask a question]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm


"SusanV" wrote in message
...
Thank you for this detailed answer. Sorry if I sounded cranky, but I
thought
I had
said in my original request for help that it was a new Dell. I called
Dell
Tech. Serv.
and all they could suggest was to reset Internet Explorer, which I did,
because it may be a piece of the original Web page's video that got
lodged in
the sound card, not unlike malware. This did not correct the problem.
I
have run McAfee full scan
twice and Spybot full scan twice and the weird sounds are still there.
I
opened
the Task Manager to look for a program that might be the issue, but I
couldn't
offhand ID anything. I will try your suggestions, including going to
the
site you
recommended, and see if that works. I'll get back to you with the
results.
Thank
you again for your time and trouble.
If it turns out to be a hardware problem, then I have the Dell coverage
to
fix it...they
won't fix software without my forking over $$$.
Susan

"Malke" wrote:

SusanV wrote:

It's a month old computer! The sound card ought to be adequate?
The
sounds show up when I first turn it on to my desktop and when I'm on
my
email server
page. And once in awhile on other Web pages. There's no pattern to
the
time
in between occurrences. It's the same 4 sounds each time they do
show up.
Thanks, however, for responding.

Getting cross with me about your computer problems is not productive
at all.
Your first post was extremely lacking in details. This is what you
said:

"I have extraneous sounds left over from viewing a Web page video."

I'm not a mind reader and you've given me nothing with which to make a
long-distance sight-unseen diagnosis. Now you come back and say the
problem
occurs frequently and in different situations on a new computer. The
issue
could be caused by software (legitimate or otherwise*) or hardware.
There
is no way for me to guess.

*I have no idea whether your scanning for malware was adequate,
whether you
found anything since all you said was:

"I have done all the anti-virus/Spybot/reset Internet Explorer tricks
that I
can think of."

So here are some additional troubleshooting suggestions:

1. Make sure the computer is truly virus/malware-free. Look at the
prep work
and procedures listed at this link and see if you were that thorough.
If
you weren't, you should redo the scanning. If you were and are sure
the
machine is really 100% clean, move onto something else.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

2. Since it is the same four sounds, try and isolate them by seeing
what
they are associated with. Look in the Sounds Control Panel applet.
Possibly
you have some program(s) running in the background causing this.

3. Look in Event Viewer (Start OrbSearch Boxtype: eventvwr.msc) for
clues.

4. Ask yourself The First Question of Troubleshooting: what changed
between
the time things worked and the time they didn't? If you can associate
the
onset of the issue with something you installed, uninstall whatever it
was
and see if that solves things.

5. You can boot with a Linux live CD like Knoppix and see if the sound
is
wonky there. If it is, you know for sure this is a hardware issue.

If you can't figure it out, either contact the laptop mftr.'s tech
support
or take the laptop to a local computer professional who will know what
to
look for.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!