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Ajax4Hire

Ajax4Hire

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Please provide option to mute.

anything I can do to quiet GRC.com software?
keeps me from buying DNSbenchmark.
I don't want another noisy program.

The Grinch says:
"And then - oh, the noise; oh, the noise, noise, noise, noise! That's one thing I hate: all the noise, noise, noise, noise!"
 
What noise? DNS Benchmark is 100% silent.

(SpinRite does use acoustic feedback to make some sounds, but can be easily silenced via a command line switch)
 
Every click on a button is accompanied with an audio file running mouse click sound.
Every start and completion event is signaled with audio "click".
Irritating. I turned this off on Windows95.

Definitely irritating to me.
 
I've heard DNSBench send a click to the speaker for every query - very
noisy, constant, until the Benchmark or Build Custom list is complete!

Resolution?

Exit and restart, and hope the speaker doesn't get caught by some
errant code ( presumably ).

It happens.
 
It's silent for me and is why I'm here. Seem to remember the old DNS Benchmark would make a click sound when it finished a test run.
Prefer to hear the click sound when it's done running a test. Did not see anything in settings for sound.

Richard
 
DNSBench does not appear to have a command line /SILENT to turn
off sound.

I just ran Benchmark and Build Custom List on a new Windows 11 Pro
and heard nothing.

On older Windows 7 Pro computers, I hear a click on occasion, not
immediately related to anything, but apparently 4 or more seconds
after DNSBench starts a task.

And I've heard a constant click with every query, which I resolved by
exiting and restarting DNSBench.

But no beep or flash or color change when completing any task,
and no documentation anywhere about sound.

Windows has built-in utilities to mute specific programs, and specialized third-party tools to automate this process.

The best built-in method is the Volume Mixer, while utilities like EarTrumpet offer advanced control to mute apps on launch. [1]

Key Ways to Mute Programs in Windows (2026):
  • Windows Volume Mixer (Built-in): Right-click the speaker icon in the system tray, select "Open Volume Mixer," and mute the specific application. Windows will remember this setting.

  • EarTrumpet (Third-party): A popular, free app in the Microsoft Store that acts as a better Volume Mixer. It allows for quick, individual application muting, which often persists across restarts.

  • SoundManager (Third-party): This utility (available on GitHub) allows for managing sound schemes and can be used to set specific application sound behaviors. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Steps to Permanently Mute a Specific App:
  1. Open the program you want to mute.

  2. Right-click the Sound/Speaker icon in the bottom-right taskbar and select Open Volume Mixer.

  3. Locate the application in the list.

  4. Click the speaker icon under that application to mute it. [1, 6, 7]
If you need a tool to mute sounds before they play upon launching, it is recommended to use specialized volume control tools like EarTrumpet. [8, 9]


[1]
[2] https://github.com/ORelio/Sound-Manager
[3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/a...o-i-stop-most-annoying-sound-notifications-in
[4]
[5]
[6] https://faq.owens.edu/faq/how-do-i-unmute-sound-on-my-computer
[7] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3787252/muting-a-specific-app
[8] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4048807/can-i-disable-system-sounds-all-sounds-for-a-speci
[9] https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh516xp
 
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