VmWare: How do I mute the beep sound coming from the guest OS?

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Even disabling the host beep service (Computer > Manage > Device Manager > Non-Plug and Play Drivers > Beep > Stop) does not stop the guest OS from beeping on the host when clicking around a messageBox to change focus for example.

Even adding headphones does not prevent the beep from happening.

How do I mute it ?

Michael Pereira

Posted 2012-01-18T20:51:44.513

Reputation: 411

Answers

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Add

mks.noBeep = "TRUE"

to your .vmx file to disable the PC speaker in this VM

Michael Pereira

Posted 2012-01-18T20:51:44.513

Reputation: 411

1Finally, I can wear headphones without my ears bleeding every time I hit tab in the Linux terminal! – Shadoninja – 2017-03-30T19:28:48.430

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See also Turning off the PC speaker for all virtual machines

– wimh – 2013-01-09T09:26:24.613

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In System -> Preferences -> Sound -> System Beep -> uncheck Enable system beep

Kevin Wong

Posted 2012-01-18T20:51:44.513

Reputation: 1

1Doesn't work in Workstation 11 – Yohann – 2015-02-27T08:46:40.983

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