Console.Beep() is not working with windows server 2012 R2 any suggestions?

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Why Console.Beep() is not working with windows server 2012 R2 any suggestions?

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Sathish

Posted 24-Mar-15 3:16am

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2015-03-24T03:22:00

Solution 1

The server either doesn't have a speaker connected, doesn't have audio drivers installed, or the audio hardware is bad.

That's the complete pool of possible problems.

Posted 24-Mar-15 3:22am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sathish1243 24-Mar-15 9:25am

Ok fine. But why that speech is coming with audio drivers.
like i have used to generate a text to speech class and given some text to that class and run it from same RDP machine but this time text is coming as a audio sound.
But why not Beep()

Dave Kreskowiak 24-Mar-15 9:45am

Because Beep usually goes through the computer speaker, not the audio system. Remember, Beep came along LONG before the invention of the sound card.

Either the driver is not installed for the computer speaker or it's not connected.

On server hardware, it's entirely possible that the internal speaker doesn't exist.

Sathish1243 24-Mar-15 10:08am

Ok but i observed that while dragging mouse over volume in the RDP server its getting some internal sound but why not using beep() method.

Thanks for the posts.

Dave Kreskowiak 24-Mar-15 10:52am

Because the volume control goes over the audio card, not the internal speaker.

The internal speaker does not have a volume control unless there is a knob on the front of the machine.

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T03:29:00

Solution 2

It's possible that the "beep" service is stopped, or the internal speaker is disabled:
Turning off the cmd window beep sound[^]
How can I disable or enable the internal speaker?[^]

Either of these would leave the soundcard operational, but prevent Console.Beep from beeping.

Posted 24-Mar-15 3:29am

Richard Deeming

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Sathish1243 24-Mar-15 10:14am

No everything will be fine i have checked all the sound and speaker enabled options. But why that speech is coming with audio drivers.
like i have used to generate a text to speech class and given some text to that class and run it from same RDP machine but this time text is coming as a audio sound.
But why not Beep()

Richard Deeming 24-Mar-15 10:18am

Beep does not use the soundcard. It uses the computer's internal speaker - a very old component which pre-dates the soundcard. This can be disabled without affecting the soundcard, which is why regular audio is still working.

Sathish1243 24-Mar-15 10:30am

But in my local system its working as expected But in windows server 2012 R2 its not working.

Richard Deeming 24-Mar-15 10:32am

Your local system and the server are TWO DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.

It is perfectly possible to disable the internal speaker on one computer without affecting a completely different computer.