Vista - you cant change the friken startup sound in vista

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
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> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>

Micro, I think you'll need to apologise for "idiots!" first. If you don't
understand something that doesn't make everybody around you idiots, just
FY... (err, this thing IS contagious!)

Then maybe somebody will explain you the idea of brandig including visual
and sound ones. Ever heard an Eartlink ad? Remember that sound? Sure you do.
Now every time you hear that sound alone, you'll immediately recall one
word... Earthlink! That's a sound branding.

Another example can be ICQ "new message" sound. Yet another is XBOX startup
sound (non-customizable too by the way)

--
Alexander Suhovey

gotta be honest i've not even noticed the sound... that has to piss the
composer off!

"Quanta" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
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>
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:OvRw1ObDHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> they hired a famous guitar musician to make this sound.. he worked like
>> 18 months on it..
>> lol.. and I can imagine it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars..
>>
>> for a friken 4 second stupid sound you cant change!
>>
>> Vista = the view of an idiot
>> Now also the sound of an idiot you cannot change.
>
>
> I estimate that the start up sound, involving the composer, testers,
> listeners, etc cost ca. a million dollars to create.
>
> It is hardly worth it, IMO.
>
> The ability to turn it off is not useful. I want a start up sound to
> assure that my audio setup is active.
>
> I do NOT want this sound!
>
>
>

and smarty-pants... how will the millions of people who barley know how to
go to a
webpage find that option?

You mute the computer sounds and that still plays, does this go through your
thick skull?
You have to know how to go to that special place to mute that special sound!

HORRIBLE IDEA!

gesh... you should become an MS developer.. your ideas are as good as
theirs!


"Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
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> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>
>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>
>
> I neither know nor care - if you don't like it just turn it off. Then have
> your own logon sound if you feel a burning desire to hear little noises
> when you logon.
>
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan
>
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>
>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>
>> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
>> news:u5wdPSbDHHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>> news:OlVc3KbDHHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>I will most likley leave the default sound, just as I have with XP,
>>>> but other people love putting their own sound there...
>>>>
>>>> and first of all why did they change this? Its crazy.. like most things
>>>> in vista..
>>>>
>>>> "hey lets change this feature just for the heck of it... he he h eh he
>>>> hehe"
>>>>
>>>> Idiots!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why not just turn it off and put "your own sound" on the login sound.
>>>
>>> Remember this is not a change - Windows XP does not have a "start up"
>>> sound - just on the logon etc so this is a new feature that you CAN turn
>>> off.
>>>
>>> So who exactly is the "idiot" here?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Mike Brannigan
>>>
>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>> news:OlVc3KbDHHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>I will most likley leave the default sound, just as I have with XP,
>>>> but other people love putting their own sound there...
>>>>
>>>> and first of all why did they change this? Its crazy.. like most things
>>>> in vista..
>>>>
>>>> "hey lets change this feature just for the heck of it... he he h eh he
>>>> hehe"
>>>>
>>>> Idiots!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23Xv2$FbDHHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Why don't you turn it off it you hate it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uzoT88aDHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Now I call that STUPID, IDIOTIC!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why the he** did they do that? They are morons! Complete morons!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This "simple" thing will make a lot of people very angry!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

They did it to basically brand into your computer that you're using a
Windows Vista computer. I don't know if I like that idea either, but I'm
not going to lose sleep over it...
"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
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> Now I call that STUPID, IDIOTIC!!!!
>
> Why the he** did they do that? They are morons! Complete morons!
>
> This "simple" thing will make a lot of people very angry!
>

There seems to be great confusion here.

You are saying to simply turn it off and others are saying it's a
hard-wired, imbedded within a dll.

Which is it?



Mike Brannigan wrote:
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>
>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>
>
> I neither know nor care - if you don't like it just turn it off. Then
> have your own logon sound if you feel a burning desire to hear little
> noises when you logon.
>

You say that but i bet tonight when you go to bed tonight you can't get that
sound out your head!!
Damn MS with their clever branding techniques.
Damn then i say!

"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
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> They did it to basically brand into your computer that you're using a
> Windows Vista computer. I don't know if I like that idea either, but I'm
> not going to lose sleep over it...
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:uzoT88aDHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Now I call that STUPID, IDIOTIC!!!!
>>
>> Why the he** did they do that? They are morons! Complete morons!
>>
>> This "simple" thing will make a lot of people very angry!
>>
>

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
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> and smarty-pants... how will the millions of people who barley know
> how to go to a
> webpage find that option?
>

Because its RIGHT THERE on the one page they go to, to Chnage Sounds.
Also if they went into the Help and entered "change sounds" or
something even vaguely similar they would be pointed to it.
Or god forbid they could come in here and ask someone like you.

> You mute the computer sounds and that still plays, does this go
> through your thick skull?
> You have to know how to go to that special place to mute that
> special sound!
>

No, it is the same place where you change ANY of the Sounds.
The fact that it sits there on a check box on its own make it even
easier for anyone to find.

> HORRIBLE IDEA!
>
> gesh... you should become an MS developer.. your ideas are as good
> as theirs!
>

Ha ! - if only you knew.
--

Mike Brannigan

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:%23xKTrgbDHHA.4024@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> and smarty-pants... how will the millions of people who barley know
> how to go to a
> webpage find that option?
>
> You mute the computer sounds and that still plays, does this go
> through your thick skull?
> You have to know how to go to that special place to mute that
> special sound!
>
> HORRIBLE IDEA!
>
> gesh... you should become an MS developer.. your ideas are as good
> as theirs!
>
>
> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
> news:OeemzbbDHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>>
>>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>>
>>
>> I neither know nor care - if you don't like it just turn it off.
>> Then have your own logon sound if you feel a burning desire to hear
>> little noises when you logon.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike Brannigan
>>
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>>
>>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>>
>>> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
>>> news:u5wdPSbDHHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>>> news:OlVc3KbDHHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I will most likley leave the default sound, just as I have with
>>>>>XP,
>>>>> but other people love putting their own sound there...
>>>>>
>>>>> and first of all why did they change this? Its crazy.. like most
>>>>> things in vista..
>>>>>
>>>>> "hey lets change this feature just for the heck of it... he he h
>>>>> eh he hehe"
>>>>>
>>>>> Idiots!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why not just turn it off and put "your own sound" on the login
>>>> sound.
>>>>
>>>> Remember this is not a change - Windows XP does not have a "start
>>>> up" sound - just on the logon etc so this is a new feature that
>>>> you CAN turn off.
>>>>
>>>> So who exactly is the "idiot" here?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Mike Brannigan
>>>>
>>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>>> news:OlVc3KbDHHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I will most likley leave the default sound, just as I have with
>>>>>XP,
>>>>> but other people love putting their own sound there...
>>>>>
>>>>> and first of all why did they change this? Its crazy.. like most
>>>>> things in vista..
>>>>>
>>>>> "hey lets change this feature just for the heck of it... he he h
>>>>> eh he hehe"
>>>>>
>>>>> Idiots!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23Xv2$FbDHHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Why don't you turn it off it you hate it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uzoT88aDHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Now I call that STUPID, IDIOTIC!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why the he** did they do that? They are morons! Complete
>>>>>>> morons!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This "simple" thing will make a lot of people very angry!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

i think the thing is you can turn it off (Same as XP, but some people think
well hell they've added this why can't we change it) or i guess a hack will
come about soon to allow you to change it!
"Dr. Heywood Floyd" <dhfloyd@2001.org> wrote in message
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> There seems to be great confusion here.
>
> You are saying to simply turn it off and others are saying it's a
> hard-wired, imbedded within a dll.
>
> Which is it?
>
>
>
> Mike Brannigan wrote:
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>>
>>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>>
>>
>> I neither know nor care - if you don't like it just turn it off. Then
>> have your own logon sound if you feel a burning desire to hear little
>> noises when you logon.
>>

"Dr. Heywood Floyd" <dhfloyd@2001.org> wrote in message
news:%23MKzZibDHHA.4728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> There seems to be great confusion here.
>
> You are saying to simply turn it off and others are saying it's a
> hard-wired, imbedded within a dll.
>
> Which is it?
>

No confusion for me. Just uncheck the check box clealy marked "Play
Windows Startup Sound" and you PC will not play any sounds until you
logon, if you have a logon sound set
--

Mike Brannigan

"Dr. Heywood Floyd" <dhfloyd@2001.org> wrote in message
news:%23MKzZibDHHA.4728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> There seems to be great confusion here.
>
> You are saying to simply turn it off and others are saying it's a
> hard-wired, imbedded within a dll.
>
> Which is it?
>
>
>
> Mike Brannigan wrote:
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:%23TvRYWbDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> ok explain why they added this "feature" then?
>>>
>>> I can think of several reasons NOT to add it....
>>>
>>
>> I neither know nor care - if you don't like it just turn it off.
>> Then have your own logon sound if you feel a burning desire to hear
>> little noises when you logon.
>>

"Paul Mckenna" <Paul@cliffhanger.com> wrote in message
news:7993DD6F-8469-4E07-A7BB-677DC939EDE2@microsoft.com...

> LOL, seriously you can't?

You *can* change it, just not easily, and most certainly not through the
UI...

You can just turn it off, though...

In a slightly similar vein, try renaming the Network icon on the Desktop -
that's another good 'un... :-)