I noticed some people inquiring about how to turn off your internal PC-Speaker on other websites so I’m answering the Question here:

• Obtain and install TweakUI.
• Choose the General tab, and turn off the Beep on Errors option.

Another alternative it to go into the registry editor and change the options there (I don’t recommend this for those unfamiliar with Windows Registry):

• Start –> Run –> regedit
• Go to this key and set the values accordingly [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound] “Beep”=”no” “ExtendedSounds”=”no”

The last and final way I can think of is:

1. Right-click on My Computer
2. On the Hardware tab, click on [Device Manager]
3. On the “View” menu, select “Show hidden devices”
4. Under “Non-Plug and Play Drivers”, right-click “Beep”
5. Click “Disable”
6. Answer [Yes] when asked if you really want to disable it
7. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot
8. Right-click “Beep” again.
9. Click “Properties”
10. On the “Driver” tab, set the Startup type to Disabled
11. Click [Stop]
12. Click [OK]
13. Answer [No] when asked if you want to reboot

Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.

I run a lot of my gadgets off of rechargeable AA and AAA batteries so I thought this deal was a steal. Batteries.com is offering a Batteries.com brand AA/AAA Battery Charger with 2 NiMH AA Batteries for $6.36 (including shipping) after you use the Coupon Code GL20 (gives you 20% off and free shipping). Pretty sweet deal, and now I have more chargers and more batteries to go around.

Earlier this morning visitors to the Canadian Microsoft Retail Pricing site were able to view prices for several Vista SKUs. Here are the prices that were displayed (converted from Canadian to US Dollars)

Full Version
•Vista Ultimate $450
•Vista Business $341
•Vista Home Premium $269
•Vista Home Basic $233
Upgrade Version
•Vista Ultimate Upgrade $269
•Vista Business Upgrade $224
•Vista Home Premium Upgrade $179
•Vista Home Basic Upgrade $116

These look pretty pricey, guess we better start saving!

I am totally buying this: iMono Sim Card + Multi Card Reader
This is a small USB device packed with goodness! It is a multi card reader supporting these formats: