How to get a custom startup sound on Windows 7

2010-03-21 18:52:06

#1

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

Note: This is for the startup sound, not the logon sound.

The sound must be a .wav file and it should preferably be below 333 KB as the limit in file size is unkown.

I'll be using the Windows 95 startup sound for example:

Download this file unless you already have a higher quality wave version of the Windows 95 start up sound:

http://www.angelfire.com/games5/clockma … tsound.wav

Then download this program:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/30 … -in-vista/

And in that program click on the add option and paste C:/Windows/System32 into the URL bar at the top of that window. Then open a file called imageres.dll and then click on "Take Control" in the lower right corner of the program.

Before the next step, make sure you find and backup imageres.dll somewhere in case you want the old sound back, and also make sure to go into the control panel then "Hardware & Sound", then "change system sounds" and then uncheck "Play Windows Startup sound" just to be safe, and then re-enable it after you're done with the next step.

Then follow these directions:
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-des … post123623

It all worked for me and now the Windows 95 startup sound plays for me when I start up 7, lol

This should also work for Vista but I haven't tested it.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2010-08-03 13:54:20)

2010-03-21 18:55:36

#2

Brasso: member; +1,549|6889

404 error

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-03-21 18:57:16

#3

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

haffeysucks wrote:
404 error

On which one?

2010-03-21 18:58:18

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

first one

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-03-21 18:59:37

#5

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

I think you gotta have Quicktime installed, that's what it plays through. I found it in this post:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost2290089

2010-03-22 03:25:37

#6

Benzin: Member; +576|6257

In XP there is a section in the Sounds section of the Control Panel where you can change the event sounds as you please? Is that not the case in Vista/7?

2010-03-22 03:36:11

#7

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6433|Sydney | ♥

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^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2010-03-22 03:37:59

#8

Brasso: member; +1,549|6889

tazz. wrote:
http://u.tazz.me/I3a.jpeg

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"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-03-22 03:46:41

#9

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6009|شمال

what this is, I don't even

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2010-03-22 04:07:29

#10

Benzin: Member; +576|6257

tazz. wrote:
http://u.tazz.me/I3a.jpeg

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I didn't think Microsoft had taken that out of Vista/7, because I could vaguely remember having used it before on another computer, but I wasn't entirely positive... Yea, I don't really get why you would need a program to do this when MS provides a utility to do it yourself...

2010-03-22 04:08:49

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

If you change it through the CP it needs to be a .wav afaik

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-03-22 04:36:29

#12

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6950|Devon, England

haffeysucks wrote:
tazz. wrote:
http://u.tazz.me/I3a.jpeg

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2010-03-22 04:39:48

#13

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

Well, the startup sound and the logon sound are two different sounds. The startup one can't be changed in the control panel without having to play around with stuff like this.

2010-03-22 06:02:31

#14

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6697|King Of The Islands

You can't change Bloop Bleep Bloop Blap! from the CP Tazz.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2010-03-22 15:18:20

#15

Defiance: Member; +438|6930

_j5689_ wrote:
Well, the startup sound and the logon sound are two different sounds. The startup one can't be changed in the control panel without having to play around with stuff like this.

And for which, I appreciate this post. I suppose I've been wanting to do this for a while, but never actively looked for a way.

You know in the Bolivia special of Top Gear, when Clarkson gets the chainsaw and screams "I am the GOD of HELLFIRE!"? Guess what....

2010-03-23 09:57:11

#16

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

Cheez wrote:
You can't change Bloop Bleep Bloop Blap! from the CP Tazz.

Defiance wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
Well, the startup sound and the logon sound are two different sounds. The startup one can't be changed in the control panel without having to play around with stuff like this.
And for which, I appreciate this post. I suppose I've been wanting to do this for a while, but never actively looked for a way.

You know in the Bolivia special of Top Gear, when Clarkson gets the chainsaw and screams "I am the GOD of HELLFIRE!"? Guess what....

Thank you both for actually understanding what the thread is about. I don't think it should've been this far into the thread but at least the point has finally been gotten across.

2010-03-23 17:04:09

#17

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6433|Sydney | ♥

why the fuck would you want to change it anyway... it's like a .1 of a second sound..

silly people.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

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