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Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the any-sound-you-want-as-long-as-it's-this-one dept.

Toreo asesino writes "There has been lots of debate in the past few days over Microsoft's plan to make the startup sound in Windows Vista something that can't be specifically silenced by changing the sound settings in the control panel. Users would be able to avoid hearing it by manually turning down the speaker volume, but then they would have to turn that volume back up to hear anything else."

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  1. Re:Copying the Mac again... by WhiteWolf666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is NOT mandatory.

    Turn down your sound (in the OS X volume control), or mute your speakers.

    Restart.

    Tada! No startup sound.

    There are also applications and Applescripts that will do it automatically for you:
    http://alphaomega.software.free.fr/startupchimesto pper/Startup%20Chime%20Stopper.html
    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031 005165919533
    http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16780

    By the way, the Apple startup sound is more akin to the PC Bios Boot-Beep. It's a hardware test, and it will play a different sound if there is a video card failure or ram failure, something which prevents the system from reaching the GUI.

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    WhiteWolf666 an exBush supporter. All you new-school,compassionate,save the children Republicans can rot in hell
  2. Re:Uh, Macs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can always just hold down the mute button during boot and it won't make the noise (at least I think, it's been awhile since I last restarted). You then let go of the mute button and it will return you to your pre-determined volume level while it's finishing booting.

  3. Re:Horrible idea, but thats par for the course for by WoLpH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not just the startup sound, but all of the sounds, like I want to hear if I click my mouse, my mouse can make that sound on its own, and I don't need a sound every time one of those alert buttons pop up, they are on top anyway so I'll see them, right?

    But then again, with OSX it isn't possible to disable the startup sound either (or so I've heard) so if people would make a fuss about this, then why not continue at apple?

  4. Re:Horrible idea, but thats par for the course for by GizmoToy · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't even have to mute it before you shut down. You can shut the laptop down with the sound on. When you press the power on button, start holding down the Audio Off/Mute button on the keyboard. Hold it until you see the Apple. Bingo. No startup chime, and sound is still enabled (or disabled, whatever it was before) once you get to the desktop.