Error sound, just the sound, on windows startup.

[raptorx]

I'm getting an "invalid keystroke or mouse click" sound, as I call it, on windows startup, right after logging on and the desktop shows up.  Know which sound I mean?  The one that usually accompanies an error message?  Not the two-syllable bell, but the single syllable "thunk" sound.  But I have no message, just the sound.  And no other symptoms.  No registry errors, no security errors, no program errors, no messages of any kind.

Anyone else have this happen to them?

-Jim

[Wii]

Sometimes these pings and bongs come up when hardware "fails" or fails to install drivers etc. Make sure everything you have in USB ports, PS/2's etc are all plugged in.

[WebbPA]

Look in your event viewer.

Run -> eventvwr.msc

[a1]

Sometimes I get them because a startup program fails to load a .dll or something.

[Wii]

Could be your security software/firewall, too.

[raptorx]

Thank you Gentlemen!  Here are 4 different errors from the "system" portion of the event viewer, copied to notepad:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      Service Control Manager
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      7026
Date:            11/12/2008
Time:            7:42:21 AM
User:            N/A
Computer:      JUPITER2-92C74C
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
TVicPort

**********************************************************
Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      Application Popup
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      1060
Date:            11/12/2008
Time:            7:40:28 AM
User:            N/A
Computer:      JUPITER2-92C74C
Description:
\??\C:\WINDOWS\SysWow64\drivers\TVicPort.sys has been blocked from loading due to incompatibility with this system. Please contact your software vendor for a compatible version of the driver.


Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 6c 00   ......l.
0008: 00 00 00 00 24 04 00 c0   ....$..

[Ivan]

tvicport.sys is not signed or flagged as dangerous. Will probalby solve the 2nd one too (but that should not give any sounds)

I see that you run 64 bit vista... that one wont run 32 bit drivers unless you use the 'unsigned drivers' startup option

[raptorx]

I've discovered this is a result of installing Memset.

[NickN]

You only get that sound on a memset saved windows boot

think of it as Memset letting you know the settings you saved for boot enabled


forget it

as for the error listed above that is not what is causing the sound. That file can be installed from several different software sources. One of which is a wireless network adapter


You can rename it

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Drivers

TVicPort.sys to TVicPort.sys.old

[raptorx]

Assignable cause.  Much better than not knowing what's going on.  That's good!  I won't worry about.  I just thought that since the sound and the error I pulled out of Event Viewer showed up at the same time, they were related.  Guess not.

Thanks Nick for putting my mind at ease.

-Jim