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Windows start-up tunes
Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing
it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? |
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Windows start-up tunes
"cameo" wrote in message ... Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? Hi, Go to START Control Panel Sounds. In the panel click on the 'Sounds' tab and on that page near the bottom is a checkbox for 'Play Windows Startup sound'. The only problem is that you cannot choose what sound file it plays. Here's a solution that allows you to play a specific file at startup... 1: Copy & Past the following code into notepad... '================StartSound.vbs============== Set wmp = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX") wmp.settings.autoStart = True 'set volume 0 to 100 wmp.settings.volume = 100 'Enter pathname of desired startup sound. wmp.URL = "c:\windows\media\FemaleUK\logging on to system.wav" 'wait til it stops while wmp.Playstate 1 WSH.Sleep 100 wend ' 2: Edit the name/location of the file you want to play. 3: Save the file as 'startsound.vbs' to your 'Startup' folder (c://users/YOU/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup or START All Programs Startup). Hope this helps Andy |
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Andy wrote:
Here's a solution that allows you to play a specific file at startup... 1: Copy & Past the following code into notepad... '================StartSound.vbs============== Set wmp = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX") wmp.settings.autoStart = True 'set volume 0 to 100 wmp.settings.volume = 100 'Enter pathname of desired startup sound. wmp.URL = "c:\windows\media\FemaleUK\logging on to system.wav" 'wait til it stops while wmp.Playstate 1 WSH.Sleep 100 wend ' 2: Edit the name/location of the file you want to play. 3: Save the file as 'startsound.vbs' to your 'Startup' folder (c://users/YOU/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup or START All Programs Startup). That's the script I use, and it is probably the best way, but just to show there's more than one way to peel a pussy, this will also work: '==================== NewStart.vbs ========================= Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") IE.Navigate "about:blank" IE.document.body.innerHTML="bgsound src=""d:\media\myStartup.wav""" wsh.sleep 5000 '''''''''''''Allow time for sound file to play IE.quit '================================================= ====== -- Crash Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and there's not a damned thing you can do about it. |
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On 5/4/2013 12:47 AM, Andy wrote:
"cameo" wrote in message ... Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? Hi, Go to START Control Panel Sounds. In the panel click on the 'Sounds' tab and on that page near the bottom is a checkbox for 'Play Windows Startup sound'. The only problem is that you cannot choose what sound file it plays. Here's a solution that allows you to play a specific file at startup... 1: Copy & Past the following code into notepad... '================StartSound.vbs============== Set wmp = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX") wmp.settings.autoStart = True 'set volume 0 to 100 wmp.settings.volume = 100 'Enter pathname of desired startup sound. wmp.URL = "c:\windows\media\FemaleUK\logging on to system.wav" 'wait til it stops while wmp.Playstate 1 WSH.Sleep 100 wend ' 2: Edit the name/location of the file you want to play. 3: Save the file as 'startsound.vbs' to your 'Startup' folder (c://users/YOU/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup or START All Programs Startup). Hope this helps Andy Thanks, Andy. I've been to that Sound menu, but missed that checkmark box on the bottom because it kind'a stands there by itself. Prior version of Windows seemed to come with that box marked by default, so I never had to bother with it. BTW, that default tune sounds familiar. I wonder why they didn't come up with a unique one for this version, too. I also seem to recall a separate default Windows shut-down tunes in some prior versions, but I don't see any option for it this time. Am I remembering wrong? |
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Windows start-up tunes
On Fri, 03 May 2013 19:34:52 -0700, cameo wrote:
Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? Suggestion: crosspost rather than multipost. It makes for a more coherent experience. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On 5/4/2013 3:22 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 03 May 2013 19:34:52 -0700, cameo wrote: Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? Suggestion: crosspost rather than multipost. It makes for a more coherent experience. I didn't intend to post in this NG originally, but when I got no answer there, I posted here. TNot much traffic there yet, I guess. Now you know why I didn't cross-post. |
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Windows start-up tunes
On Sat, 04 May 2013 23:51:30 -0700, cameo wrote:
On 5/4/2013 3:22 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote: On Fri, 03 May 2013 19:34:52 -0700, cameo wrote: Until Win8 all versions had a unique start-up tune. Is my setup missing it or Microsoft decided to drop the tradition? Suggestion: crosspost rather than multipost. It makes for a more coherent experience. I didn't intend to post in this NG originally, but when I got no answer there, I posted here. TNot much traffic there yet, I guess. Now you know why I didn't cross-post. OK, you win this one... Since you post frequently here & there, I should have realized there was some ad hoc reason for it :-) Nonetheless, I kind of liked my remark about "a more coherent experience"; I never thought of saying it that way before. And I'll close with an apology for my net-cop behavior. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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