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The Vista Startup Sound: You Can't Turn It Off
DownloadSquad ^ | 8/25

Posted on 09/01/2006 8:00:46 AM PDT by steve-b

Hmm, this is interesting. According to prominent former Microsoftie Robert Scoble, Microsoft's current plan is to make the Windows Vista startup sound a) unchangeable and b) unmutable. The reason for "a" is branding. Having a unified startup sound on all Vista PCs serves Microsoft well, and Microsoft's Steve Ball says users will benefit....

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To: dubie

You've been added. Welcome Aboard!


41 posted on 09/01/2006 8:42:14 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: scott7278

Zackly. They piss you off even when they have nothing to gain and make you swear you won't do something the Microsoft way, even if it kills you.


42 posted on 09/01/2006 8:42:24 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: ShadowAce

Works for me, try this

http://www.members.tripod.com/%7Ebuggerluggs/wavs/cashreg.wav


43 posted on 09/01/2006 8:43:14 AM PDT by Vision (God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline 2Timothy1)
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To: steve-b

I don't understand how they can do this. The startup sound is just a .wav file stored on the hard disk somewhere. On my windows machine, I found this file, and replaced it with something more to my liking (an excited chimpanzee). You could also replace it with a silent .wav file...


44 posted on 09/01/2006 8:43:36 AM PDT by shorty_harris
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To: Vision

Nope still doesn't work for me.


45 posted on 09/01/2006 8:43:57 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: ShadowAce; Vision

Me too. Is it a 'barking spider'?


46 posted on 09/01/2006 8:44:43 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: shorty_harris

I thought that too, but if I wanted to make it impossible for someone to change it or turn it off, I'd embed the sound in .wav format inside one of the system files. Can still be hacked, but it's not as trivial.


47 posted on 09/01/2006 8:45:24 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: steveo
I'd turn my speakers off.

On some laptops, there isn't really an independent "off" switch for the speakers. Instead, there's a switch that sets the Windows sound setting to "mute" -- a setting that would be overridden for the Vista startup sound, if Microsoft persists in this plan.

48 posted on 09/01/2006 8:47:44 AM PDT by steve-b ("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
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To: null and void; ShadowAce; Still Thinking
What about this? The Vista Startup Sound
49 posted on 09/01/2006 8:49:49 AM PDT by Vision (God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline 2Timothy1)
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To: shorty_harris

or, as I had on my old computer, the Looney Toons opening theme for boot-up, and Porky Pig for the closing theme...


50 posted on 09/01/2006 8:49:59 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (They [liberals] aren't humans, but rather a species of hairless retarded ape.)
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To: shorty_harris

They could code it into the OS kernel. It wouldn't be the first time a marketeer left the engineering department with bruise marks on his throat.


51 posted on 09/01/2006 8:51:39 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ShadowAce

All your computer sounds are blong to us!


52 posted on 09/01/2006 8:51:48 AM PDT by dubie
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To: Vision

It asks for a user name and password.


53 posted on 09/01/2006 8:52:16 AM PDT by steve-b ("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
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To: daviddennis

Not sure where you're getting your prices....but looks like the upgrade should cost about $115, which is reasonable.


54 posted on 09/01/2006 8:52:38 AM PDT by mx5
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To: steve-b; null and void; ShadowAce; Still Thinking
Seriously? It was a joke, it's a cash register sound effect.

Both are available right off the web. Damn computers.
55 posted on 09/01/2006 8:55:11 AM PDT by Vision (God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline 2Timothy1)
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To: Vision
ka-Ching.

How, uh, MicroSoft...

56 posted on 09/01/2006 9:00:40 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: Vision

The link in 49 works fine for me. I didn't realize you were joking or I'm sure none of us would have harassed you so much about the link. I thought it was a link to the real sound.


57 posted on 09/01/2006 9:01:42 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: mx5
looks like the upgrade should cost about $115, which is reasonable.

Mac OS X 10.5 will cost about that much when it is released next spring. Thats pretty reasonable for an operating system upgrade.

However, I can't see any compelling reason to upgrade to Vista. WinFS might have been a good enough reason, but they took that out. Vista looks like just more bloatware and eye candy.

58 posted on 09/01/2006 9:04:39 AM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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To: jude24
Mac OS X 10.5 will cost about that much when it is released next spring. Thats pretty reasonable for an operating system upgrade.

Fedora Core 6 won't cost me a dime.

59 posted on 09/01/2006 9:10:53 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
Fedora Core 6 won't cost me a dime.

Fedora Core 6 (as with every other Linux distro) is a great OS for someone who has the skills, time, and inclination to play sysadmin. For those of us who do not have the skills, the time, or the inclination to do so, Linux is still a very poor choice, and we're stuck, for better or worse, with either OS X or Windows.

60 posted on 09/01/2006 9:14:21 AM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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