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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. Why? by l1nuXB0X · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why? What would be the reasoning behind this?

  2. What's the point? by martinultima · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seriously, what do they hope to achieve from this?

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  3. Why discuss this. by guibaby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Five minutes after the product release, someone will have figured out how to turn the sound off, regardless of microsofts wishes.

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