Hi Jim,

This particular one is very quiet - it doesn't beep at all :)

At home I sometimes turn speakers off and I believe, it doesn't sound then.

Anyway, it's probably rare situation, when computer doesn't have a sound card and speakers, so Will's solution will (:)) be fine in 99% cases.

>Sadly, Nadya, all my machines do have a sound card, so I cannot test with certainty.
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>But... every machine I have seen starts with a BEEP to indicate all OK. Some, I think, start with one short beep, some with 2, and all have longer more irritating beep sequences when thinga are NOT OK.
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>If yours does NOT beep at power-on then I would guess that some tampering with the beep speaker has been done. If it does beep on power-on, then I have no idea why something like "?? chr(7)" doesn't work from the command window (it does here on my speakered machines).
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>JimN
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>>>SNIP
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>>>>>Can't you use sound instead of messing with the keyboard lights?
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>>>>What is a computer doesn't have a sound card? My at work doesn't...
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>>>But it can still BEEP.
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>>How? I tried ?chr(7) - no sound. Is there another way?