Hey everyone!

I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 running windows xp home. ever since i installed people pc dial-up my pc makes a weird "raindrop" noise the whole time its on the internet. Weird thing is that it does it all the time now, not just if I'm logged ONTO People PC. Also, People PC doesnt do it on my other computer. I'm on wireless internet right now and its still making the noise.

Please help! I cannot figure out how to get that noise to go away. Sure, I can mute it and its fine, but i like to listen to music on there too, so its a LIL annoying.

Any suggestions???

Thanks in advance! Go to Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia and play each assigned sound til you find the culprit and disable it...Thnsk for the advice..

I tried that already, and none of the sounds match or even come close.

any other ideas? :-?Search the People PC directory for any .wav files....play each one til you find the culprit and delet/move it.ok, i risk sounding completely DUMB right now.. but...

what is the people pc directory and how do i get to it?

thanks! Here is another weird thing...

right now, i have my laptop at work with me, using our wireless server. i am NOT connected through people pc right now. for the wireless server, you must enter a PASSWORD at a login page to get connected. when i re-boot the computer, it automatically says i am connected to our signal, however i havent entered the password yet. the sound only occurs when i'm on the net, but it starts making the sound right away, before i have entered the password.

this makes me think something else above my knowledge is GOING on. perhaps a virus or something working beyond what i can see? i dont know, a wild guess. but the sound started once i installed people pc dial up.

any ideas?Ok i think i really do qualify as an idiot right now...

i have a "boingo" program installed that works with a wireless pc card to find wireless signals. i got the bright idea to close that program and the annoying noise went away. the weird thing is that i've had that program on there long before installing people pc and it never did that before. i cant explain it, but if the sound is gone i am happy.

thank you, thank you for your help. i love this forum, it has been a big help to me. i also have a post about my avg free software not working, maybe you can help with that too? a long shot, but hey, worth a try! anyways, although i feel kinda stupid, the sound is gone, so thanks! Glad to hear you got it solved...I haven't read your other post yet, but getting weird sounds you've never heard before and having trouble with your anti-virus doesn't sound like a good combination to me. I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but this may be worth further investigation. Even if you don't have a virus, it'd be good to know for certain. If your AVG problem gets corrected, I would suggest doing a full-system scan in Safe Mode in the very near future.