windows 7

[murphey]

has something even worse than the Paperclip! It's the stupid "ring" each time the mouse selects something.

The motherboard in the WinXP system died, I was forced to go to Win7 (gun to my head!).

How do I turn that thing off? What's it called, anyway - Son of Clippy?

 

[Jim Logajan]

Must be the default "theme" your machine was set up with, since my new Windows 7 laptop doesn't make sounds on mouse selects.

To change the sound associated with mouse selects, place the mouse anywhere over the desktop and right-click to bring up a floating menu. There should be a "Personalize" option - click on that. A "Sounds" icon should be somewhere on the resulting dialog. Click on that; yet another dialog appears that shows a tree-like structure showing sounds associated with actions. One of those is probably the culprit and you need to assign "(none)" to it.

If all else fails, search the Windows 7 help system.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Discovered the problem - it's the tablet software. I don't use a mouse and Win7 needs something to provide feedback. What I see is an effect similar to a stone being dropped in water - a circle that blooms around the cursor point then disappears.

Looks like a call to Wacom on Friday - if anyone's home.

Oh - you meant "ring" literally, not a "ring" sound! D'oh!