Windows Question

[apostolakisl]

OK, nothing to do with ISY or insteon at all here.  I'm just at a loss and don't know where to go.

 

I have a PC running Windows 10.  It keeps making the bodoboop noise of a new device being added/removed even though nothing is going on.  I checked device manager and sure enough, every bodoboop noise is accompanied by a refresh of the device manager screen.  But nothing changes.  The same exact devices are listed and nothing has an error symbol in front of it.  Nothing is plugged into any of the usb ports.  Everything seems to work.  Any ideas?

[paulbates]

I notice it infrequently as well.  Mine is the notification sound, but, no notification in the notification area. It seems to be a new "feature" and appeared in one of the big updates in the last month or two.. and has happened for me across three brand/models of varying ages.

 

Its not been annoying enough, yet..., to dig into the logs and see what it its.

 

Paul

[apostolakisl]

Mine is doing it sporadically.  It is enough to be annoying.  It might go 10 minutes quiet, then it might do it 5 or 10 times in a row.

 

Can you direct to me where there is a log of which device Windows is adding/removing?

[paulbates]

Here you go, (I think you need to be logged in as an admin account)

• Right click on the windows icon on the lower left.
• Pick computer management.
• Expand event viewer
• Expand windows logs

From there you have to pick through several sources of logs. I would start with System

 

Having said that, I just poked through mine and I'm getting frequent warnings for BT USB... making me wonder it peoples phones BTUSB features are trying to connect to the computer. Going to login as admin on our main family computer and shut BT down as we don't use it, see if it goes away

 

Paul

[apostolakisl]

Here you go, (I think you need to be logged in as an admin account)

• Right click on the windows icon on the lower left.
• Pick computer management.
• Expand event viewer
• Expand windows logs

From there you have to pick through several sources of logs. I would start with System

 

Having said that, I just poked through mine and I'm getting frequent warnings for BT USB... making me wonder it peoples phones BTUSB features are trying to connect to the computer. Going to login as admin on our main family computer and shut BT down as we don't use it, see if it goes away

 

Paul

Unfortunately it does not appear that any of the logs contain info about this.  I am sitting here listening to the computer go bodoboop over and over and none of the logs is adding anything to the list.

[paulbates]

Hmmm. No warnings (yellow triangle with exclamation point) or errors (red circle with EP) on any logs... any frequent entries that could be providing notifications?

 

My familyroom computer was set to provide notifications when devices want to connect via BT, I unchecked it now. I'll see what happens, but I only notice every few days. I'll keep the speakers on all the time.

 

Paul

[apostolakisl]

Hmmm. No warnings (yellow triangle with exclamation point) or errors (red circle with EP) on any logs... any frequent entries that could be providing notifications?

 

My familyroom computer was set to provide notifications when devices want to connect via BT, I unchecked it now. I'll see what happens, but I only notice every few days. I'll keep the speakers on all the time.

 

Paul

The only errors in my logs are related the fact that the computer isn't able to acces its domain controller.  And that is because it is not on the same network as the domain controller at present.

[paulbates]

Potentially that could be it. Its trying to phone home

 

Paul

[apostolakisl]

Potentially that could be it. Its trying to phone home

 

Paul

No, that isn't it.  For one thing, the device manager isn't making the sounds at the same time as the errors in the log.  Also, every business person in the world who takes their laptop off the home network would be up in arms with all the bododoop noises.

[apostolakisl]

The computer stopped doing it now all on its own.  Haven't heard a booodooobooop in a week.

 

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[apostolakisl]

It came back.  But I figured it out.

 

I downloaded a program called USBDeview.  It is freeware.  It showed me that every time I heard the beeedooboop noise, the fingerprint sensor updated its time.  So, I disabled the ifngerprint sensor and now sweet silence.

[larryllix]

It came back.  But I figured it out.

 

I downloaded a program called USBDeview.  It is freeware.  It showed me that every time I heard the beeedooboop noise, the fingerprint sensor updated its time.  So, I disabled the ifngerprint sensor and now sweet silence.

And I thought I had another reason to hate Win 10. Just on the verge of converting the third machine back to Win 7 for a more trustworthy system, but I don't use it much lately.

 

Glad you found it!

[apostolakisl]

And I thought I had another reason to hate Win 10. Just on the verge of converting the third machine back to Win 7 for a more trustworthy system, but I don't use it much lately.

 

Glad you found it!

Well, I don't exactly blame MS for this one.  The computer is 16 years old and it shipped with XP.  It is just a matter of finding a driver that is compaitble with Win10.  Or just leaving it disabled.  I never used the fingerprint sensor anyway.  I have 3 of these old HP laptops all running Win10, so I should be able to just copy the driver off of one of those, or not.  

 

The real issue on this for me is how hard it was to figure it out.  I guess I blame MS for that.  This sort of issue shouldn't be so hard to figure out.

[paulbates]

The notification area is turning out to be annoying. Now, like the iphone, I have to go in and had turn off notifications from apps that are telling me things I didn't ask about, including windows features. Its been a while, but I remember turning of things that popped up "did you know?", or "you haven't set up xxx yet!" 

 

The concept is good, the execution can suck at times.

 

Paul

[larryllix]

Yeah, on my media PC it was either scrap the motherboard that was 5 years old because they would not support the video card section, or go back to Win 7 where it started from and has played XBMC / Kodi just fine  since it's birth.

 

Thinking that my 4 core 2.8GHz motherboard wasn't out of date, it made me realise that since MS is in the hardware sales game now and may have an agenda in making hardware unsupported.

 

All the constant upgrades in their pester-ware makes me nervous now. Very strange that suddenly after how many years? Win 7 needs all these upgrades, right up until things are obsolete.

 

My  son tells  his story about the third party (under $10)  mini iPad charging cable working just fine for years.  With the new  O/S upgrade Apple put out, suddenly the USB / Lightning cable  wasn't compatible anymore.

A new genuine Apple cable was $40+.

[apostolakisl]

I periodically image my computers so no matter what MS does I can always go back.  Trouble is the security updates don't come by themselves.

[larryllix]

I periodically image my computers so no matter what MS does I can always go back.  Trouble is the security updates don't come by themselves.

Sure thing but now MS labels 95% of their updates a security issues. Since the whole O/S has been fully replaced over 4-5 times you have to wonder if their original code had invites to hacking groups in the code with an open door policy.

[DrLumen]

Man, this must have been contagious as my Win7 has started giving me the USB disco sound. Going to get the USBDeview utility now.

[apostolakisl]

I dont' q

 

Man, this must have been contagious as my Win7 has started giving me the USB disco sound. Going to get the USBDeview utility now.

I don't quite understand it.  I have 3 of those exact notebooks.  Great notebook I have to say.  They are more than 15 years old and work damn near as well as my latest and greatest (except the batteries are crap).  Anyway, the part I don't get is that the other 2 don't have this issue and they all are the same.  Perhaps there is something wrong with the hardware?  Might not have anything to do with Windows.