Can you turn off the windows start up sound?

[Peej 0]

Ok computer geniuses, i wonder if you can help me?

Is there any way to turn off that annoying windows start up sound? It drives me mad every time i hear it.

edited to add: i've searched through my laptop and tried tio find where i do it/ if it's possible but i'm not very clued up on PC's.

Thanks

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[bch7773 0]

control panel.... sounds and multimedia.

scroll down to windows start. disable the noise.

tadaa

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[SkydiveStMarys 0]

yeah..its called speaker volume hit the - button.


Bobbi

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[GTAVercetti 0]

Control panel -> Sounds and Audio -> Sounds tab

The bad thing is that you have to go through and turn off each individual one. Unless you want no sound at all. Then you can choose the Sound scheme of 'No Sound'.

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[Shell666 0]

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Ok computer geniuses, i wonder if you can help me?

Is there any way to turn off that annoying windows start up sound? It drives me mad every time i hear it.

edited to add: i've searched through my laptop and tried tio find where i do it/ if it's possible but i'm not very clued up on PC's.

Thanks

Instructions here

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_disable_my_windows_startup_sound.html

'Shell

'Shell

[IanHarrop 43]

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Ok computer geniuses, i wonder if you can help me?

Is there any way to turn off that annoying windows start up sound? It drives me mad every time i hear it.

edited to add: i've searched through my laptop and tried tio find where i do it/ if it's possible but i'm not very clued up on PC's.

Thanks

Here's what I found when I pasted "turn off the windows start up sound" into Google:

Turn off that annoying (and sometimes embarrassing) startup/shutdown sound

Have you ever turned on your laptop in a quiet room or seminar and been blasted away by the Windows startup theme? Maybe you turned on your PC late at night when others were sleeping and woke someone up? The startup sound serves no practical purpose and will get many laptop users in trouble one day. So take five minutes to put an end to this annoyance.

For Windows 98/SE/ME:

Go to the Start Menu and select Settings->Control Panel
Double click on “Sounds”
In the scrollable box titled “Events,” scroll to and then click on “Start Windows”
In the drop down menu at the bottom titled “Name,” select the top option, “(None)”
Repeat step 4 & 5 for the “Exit Windows” event
Click OK
Close out of the Control Panel window

For Windows 2000:

Go to the Start Menu and select Settings->Control Panel
Double click on “Sounds and Multimedia”
Click on the “Sounds” tab
In the scrollable box near the bottom titled “Sound Events,” scroll to and then click on “Start Windows”
In the drop down menu at the bottom titled “Name,” select the top option, “(None)”
Repeat step 4 & 5 for the “Exit Windows” event
Click OK
Close out of the Control Panel window

For Windows XP:

Go to the Start Menu and select either Settings->Control Panel or just Control Panel (if available)
Double click “Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices”. If that is not available, skip to the next step.
Double click on “Sounds and Audio Devices”
Click on the “Sounds” tab
In the scrollable box near the bottom titled “Program Events,” scroll to and then click on “Windows Logon”
In the drop down menu at the bottom titled “Sounds,” select the top option, “(None)”
Repeat step 4 & 5 for the “Windows Logoff” program event
Click OK
Close out of the Control Panel window


If you decide not to follow these steps and are in a situation where you don’t want to disturb, a neat trick is to put headphones in your audio jack as Windows is starting...Enjoy!

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Bch, GTA and Shell, you guys RAWK, thank you!

Bobbi, you're a smartass! but i still like you

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Ok computer geniuses, i wonder if you can help me?

Is there any way to turn off that annoying windows start up sound? It drives me mad every time i hear it.

-buy a Mac
-use Linux
-cut the cables beween the computer an the speaker

Do you need any more tips ?

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[weegegirl 2]

what's more fun is changing the sound to something COMPLETELY different, like a really loud fart or something.

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I hadn't thought about Google! Thanks dude

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Looks like fun dude, enjoy!

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what's more fun is changing the sound to something COMPLETELY different, like a really loud fart or something.

Weege, you're a GENIUS! I'm off to change all of my annoying co-worker's startup sounds right now!

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what's more fun is changing the sound to something COMPLETELY different, like a really loud fart or something.

Weege, you're a GENIUS! I'm off to change all of my annoying co-worker's startup sounds right now!

We did that to a coworker a few years ago... he had 3 computers at his station. We put gay porn as the wallpaper for all of them and changed all of his windows startup sounds and what not. We had his computers farting and screaming "Hey everybody, I'm GAY!" one morning.

[masterrig 1]

Depending on which Windows you have, I have XP. There is a little speaker icon in the lower right corner of your scrwwn on the start bar. Left click the speaker. Left click on the 'mute' box... no sound.


Chuck

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Of course you can.

I don't know how, but I accidentally did once

The real question is: Who is it you're hiding from?

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[GTAVercetti 0]

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Depending on which Windows you have, I have XP. There is a little speaker icon in the lower right corner of your scrwwn on the start bar. Left click the speaker. Left click on the 'mute' box... no sound.


Chuck

Temporary solution. What if you want to listen to music? Or if you edit video? You could unmutem, but then all your sounds are still set to play for events. Better to turn them off so that you can still use multimedia stuff.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[bch7773 0]

but i posted first so I won!!!!

or I'm the most bored person at work

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[Amazon 7]

sheesh

[nanook 1]

What's neat also is you can change any sound with a downloaded sound file. a couple of guys in our office found the sound-bite of the seagulls on "Finding Nemo" and affixed it to our mail notification. Soon we all had it. Then one day, during a staff meeting, someone from up above sent an all-hands email and the whole place exploded in "Mine! Mine! Mine . . ."
Got a good laugh, but we changed it back after that.

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[masterrig 1]

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Depending on which Windows you have, I have XP. There is a little speaker icon in the lower right corner of your scrwwn on the start bar. Left click the speaker. Left click on the 'mute' box... no sound.


Chuck

Temporary solution. What if you want to listen to music? Or if you edit video? You could unmutem, but then all your sounds are still set to play for events. Better to turn them off so that you can still use multimedia stuff.

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He wasn't too specific about it. What you are suggesting is better.


Chuck