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Garside · 1st Sep 2006, 13:11

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09...startup_music/

Bindibadgi · 1st Sep 2006, 13:17

NOOOOOOOOOOOES!! Stop making Windows for idiots and telling me how to a) use my pc and b) "use it as a method to tell if my speakers are plugged in/turned on". I an not that retarded, thank you.

Time for the registry hacks to start methinks.

The Xbox and PS one's are fine since a) it's only ever at home, not everyone in your office every-single-morning you listen to 50 startup sounds or b) Xbox/PS take 3 seconds to boot and you can change the Xbox one if you edit the firmware iirc and I generally ad-block my TV til the game starts.

Windows sounds are OFF, all of them, forever. Don't hog my resources more than you need to, thank you.

Kaboom22 · 1st Sep 2006, 13:20

I wouldn't want to be in a large room full of PC's with monitor speakers connected...

Doub't it will be long before someone figures out how to mod it though.

ElThomsono · 1st Sep 2006, 13:24

Another day at the microsoft support call centre:

Microsoft: Hello, how may I direct your call?
Customer: Hi, uh, how do I turn off that startup sound?
Microsoft: You can't.
Customer: WTF? Can I change it?
Microsoft: No, and a registry hack's a breech of the EULA.
Ex-Customer: I'm buying a Mac.

*Click*

AlexB · 1st Sep 2006, 13:44

Quote:

"1. A spiritual side of the branding experience. A short, brief, positive confirmation that your machine is now conscious and ready to react. You can turn on your Vista machine, go eat some cereal, while your machine is cold booting and then this gentle sound will come out telling you that you can log in. You won’t need to wait for your machine to startup, he says.

How long does a vista PC take to boot??

Garside · 1st Sep 2006, 13:46

Good question

Tile · 1st Sep 2006, 13:48

Now this is stupid. I wonder if the folks at MS think correctly. I don't want to pay $400 for an OS that annoys me with nasty sounds and have no posibility to turn them off.

Paradigm Shifter · 1st Sep 2006, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElThomsono

Another day at the microsoft support call centre:

Microsoft: Hello, how may I direct your call?
Customer: Hi, uh, how do I turn off that startup sound?
Microsoft: You can't.
Customer: WTF? Can I change it?
Microsoft: No, and a registry hack's a breech of the EULA.
Ex-Customer: I'm buying a Mac.

*Click*

Hang on - don't Macs have a startup sound you can't disable as well? All the Macs in my lab do...

...

Anyway, you can't turn the sound off? Well that's just bloody stupid. Pardon my French.

Tile · 1st Sep 2006, 13:58

I think that on the pirated copyes of Vista someone will add an option for disabling the startup sound. I say this because in Romania the piracy rate among average PC users is very high.

specofdust · 1st Sep 2006, 14:01

Does anyone seriously think this won't be hacked out of Vista within days?

Ok it might require some reg hacking or a program download, but it's not going to be hard and I'm quite sure it'll be possible.

Matkubicki · 1st Sep 2006, 14:04

The main problem i have with windows sounds is that they always come out unbareably loud and distorted from my 5.1 speakers. Which, since they are shared with the media centre tend to be turned up pretty high. If this is in the final version it will put me off till its fixed.

How about just deleting the sound file, bet that'd fix it!

Flibblebot · 1st Sep 2006, 14:07

Well, unless the sound file is hard-coded into one of the kernel files, couldn't you just replace the sound file with a blank one?

specofdust · 1st Sep 2006, 14:10

I sense an "Allyourbasearebelongtous.mp3" startup sound file coming on

_Kat_ · 1st Sep 2006, 14:24

I don't see how this is a problem since it's only a matter of weeks before someone comes up with some sort of hack to disable the start-up sound/music.

Bindibadgi · 1st Sep 2006, 14:26

But don't you just find it on a level of arrogence that only Sony seems to achieve that they decided this for you?

Krikkit · 1st Sep 2006, 14:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

But don't you just find it on a level of arrogence that only Sony seems to achieve that they decided this for you?

Well said Bindi (although I don't subscribe to your fanatical regime of Sony-hatred

). What a bloody ridiculous idea.

We aren't children, don't treat us that way. If I want my PC to be silent, it damn-well will be until I tell it otherwise, not Microsoft.

FIBRE+ · 1st Sep 2006, 14:38

Five letter word, starts with a C ends with an S and women get very offended by it. Are they just trying to pee people off?, bacause theres another reason to put put people off buying it.

With regards to people saying it will be hacked, yer i'm sure it will but TBH it shouldn't have to be

Dezza · 1st Sep 2006, 14:38

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Stompy · 1st Sep 2006, 14:45

Anyone got a recording of the sound in question?

hitman012 · 1st Sep 2006, 14:52

Note it's not really the startup sound, but the sound that plays before the login screen when the Windows logo with the aura fades in. Ah well... someone will find a way to get rid of it.

1st Sep 2006, 13:11	#1
Garside Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 395	No way to switch off Vista startup music http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09...startup_music/

1st Sep 2006, 13:17	#2
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,250	NOOOOOOOOOOOES!! Stop making Windows for idiots and telling me how to a) use my pc and b) "use it as a method to tell if my speakers are plugged in/turned on". I an not that retarded, thank you. Time for the registry hacks to start methinks. The Xbox and PS one's are fine since a) it's only ever at home, not everyone in your office every-single-morning you listen to 50 startup sounds or b) Xbox/PS take 3 seconds to boot and you can change the Xbox one if you edit the firmware iirc and I generally ad-block my TV til the game starts. Windows sounds are OFF, all of them, forever. Don't hog my resources more than you need to, thank you. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

1st Sep 2006, 13:20	#3
Kaboom22 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portsmouth (ish) Posts: 182	I wouldn't want to be in a large room full of PC's with monitor speakers connected... Doub't it will be long before someone figures out how to mod it though. __________________ Project Cold Angel Cold Angel Discussion Thread

1st Sep 2006, 13:24	#4
ElThomsono Mod Master Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dorset Posts: 2,254	Another day at the microsoft support call centre: Microsoft: Hello, how may I direct your call? Customer: Hi, uh, how do I turn off that startup sound? Microsoft: You can't. Customer: WTF? Can I change it? Microsoft: No, and a registry hack's a breech of the EULA. Ex-Customer: I'm buying a Mac. Click __________________ If it's broken, I can fix it. But that's ******.

1st Sep 2006, 14:01	#10
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,609	Does anyone seriously think this won't be hacked out of Vista within days? Ok it might require some reg hacking or a program download, but it's not going to be hard and I'm quite sure it'll be possible. __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

1st Sep 2006, 13:46	#6
Garside Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 395	Good question

1st Sep 2006, 13:48	#7
Tile Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 376	Now this is stupid. I wonder if the folks at MS think correctly. I don't want to pay $400 for an OS that annoys me with nasty sounds and have no posibility to turn them off.

1st Sep 2006, 13:58	#9
Tile Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 376	I think that on the pirated copyes of Vista someone will add an option for disabling the startup sound. I say this because in Romania the piracy rate among average PC users is very high.

1st Sep 2006, 14:04	#11
Matkubicki Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 306	The main problem i have with windows sounds is that they always come out unbareably loud and distorted from my 5.1 speakers. Which, since they are shared with the media centre tend to be turned up pretty high. If this is in the final version it will put me off till its fixed. How about just deleting the sound file, bet that'd fix it!

1st Sep 2006, 14:07	#12
Flibblebot Free from artificial flavourings Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 2,227	Well, unless the sound file is hard-coded into one of the kernel files, couldn't you just replace the sound file with a blank one? __________________ My uber-system: 66Mhz 486DX2, 8Mb RAM, 20Mb hard drive, 256 colour VGA adaptor (goes all the way up to 800x600!), keyboard AND serial mouse

1st Sep 2006, 14:10	#13
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,609	I sense an "Allyourbasearebelongtous.mp3" startup sound file coming on __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

1st Sep 2006, 14:24	#14
_Kat_ Minimodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 42	I don't see how this is a problem since it's only a matter of weeks before someone comes up with some sort of hack to disable the start-up sound/music.

1st Sep 2006, 14:26	#15
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,250	But don't you just find it on a level of arrogence that only Sony seems to achieve that they decided this for you? __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

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1st Sep 2006, 14:52	#20
hitman012 What is a Dremel!? Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bristol / London Posts: 4,811	Note it's not really the startup sound, but the sound that plays before the login screen when the Windows logo with the aura fades in. Ah well... someone will find a way to get rid of it. __________________ "Nothing is more practical than a good theory" - Kurt Lewin