Remember the days back in DOS when the only sound you could make was a system beep, which came through the PC's speaker?

We're currently rewriting a decades-old DOS program in .NET 2.0, bringing it well-and-truly up to date, and today we received this feature request from a user:

The old program used to make a "ding" sound when I did something wrong, even if my sound was turned off. This one should too.

Make a sound even when your sound is turned off ... the first in what might be a series of feature requests you never want to hear.