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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. llIlIlIl by StikyPad · · Score: 0, Troll

    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

    I'm guessing most of the debating has been done by the same people who argue over which Captain of the Enterprise was the best. You know.. master debaters.

    Next up, the stunning results of the debate over whether my subject is comprised of uppercase I's, lowercase L's, or some bizzare combination of the two.

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  2. Reason 1 why I will be using windows and not Linux by briancnorton · · Score: 0, Troll

    Reason #1: People make software for it

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  3. Paying the Ultimate Price. by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Talk about branding for the sheer point of making people associate your brand with irritation.

    They should be annoyed they have to boot everyday. The advert noise is just icing on the top.

    Who knows, they might make things a little better. I thought the current Windoze start up noise was bad. Coffee shops, book stores, libraries, anywhere people bring laptops you hear that God Damned noise because M$ power management blows and because they make it hard to turn the spam off. Now it will be impossible to turn the spam off. Hopefully there will be as many start up noises as "versions" of Vista. The "I just paid $400 for a second rate OS" noise will alert everyone that someone very stupid is in the room. Other bling noises will at least bring less monotony than the ever present XP noise. Oh, who am I kidding, M$ laptops have been getting nothing but more annoying and difficult to customize. Trust M$ to screw it up even more.

    You have to love an OS that has uptime measured in months.

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