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Persistent ?error? message bell/sound.


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I don't know why, but for the last year my desktop has made a three-note error sound (sounds like a bell - but with three notes, up-down-up).

I went to control-alt-delete (task manager) and on the performance graph - it spikes to 10% CPU usage every time this sound is made - it makes the sound every 10-11 seconds or so. I just turn down volume on computer to not hear it.

Have watched movies/DVDs on computer lately. Only way I could find to stop it is - task manager, processes, and turning off explorer.exe.

Anyway - I'm clueless.

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Welcome to the Windows Forum.

Checking the Task Manager is a good start. However, I would look at the Processes tab - which process shows increased CPU usage when the sound occurs?

Also, is your system free of malware - do you have firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware installed?

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