No Windows Startup Sound

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

antspants said:
I find these useful.

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Thanks antspants. I actually know how to do that, I'm just being lazy and impatient.
As I said before, this is not a pressing problem - more of a curiosity.

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

Too easy

I am also actually curious.
Pity, I’d of been happy if I could of helped. I can’t assume what a member knows and doesn’t just because they have VIP on their tag. You seem to have done everything I have suggested except I didn’t suggest running the relvant DISM’s?
sorry I have no ideas left, I don’t think

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

As Winuser mentioned, there is always the possibility that the driver is slow?;

Winuser said:
This is just a wild guess. Maybe the soundcard driver doesn't load until after Windows is running.

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

Oh! Scannow and DISM. That is a good idea.
Although I run them pretty regularly. But ya never know! I'm about due anyhow.

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

Yes. Very possible. With this rig I had to turn off Fast Boot in BIOS because it starts up so fast it's almost impossible to get into BIOS with the keyboard!

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

I will continue to work at it in my spare time and report back anything I find.

My immediate curiosity is if Windows Startup.wav contains no sound data in the file, then when it did play the startup sound - where did that come from?

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

TVeblen said:
Yes. Very possible. With this rig I had to turn off Fast Boot in BIOS because it starts up so fast it's almost impossible to get into BIOS with the keyboard!

One would assume though, the most important drivers would be running pre-load. Short of checking the BIOS for any relevant sound card adjustments (your on-board realtek) I don’t know how one prioritises a load sequence like that.

TVeblen said:
where did that come from?

Yes, the Zero bytes is interesting.

Search the C: drive for startup sound. Maybe the zero bytes is coded to point somewhere? I’m just blindly guessing.

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

Oh no! It has bytes. Just in the properties it lists it as 0.00 seconds. There are a few like that. The same on both PCs. When you open them in Winamp or Media Player they also show 0.00 seconds and don't play anything. But the other PC plays the startup sound regularly with that same file. So it has to come from elsewhere?

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

TVeblen said:
So it has to come from elsewhere?

Thin air, apparently

TVeblen · Mar 15, 2024

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

Reluctantly… I asked Copilot

you’re specifically interested in modifying the startup sound, you can use tools like Resource Hacker or 7-Zip.

Open the file C:WindowsSystemResources[&imageres.dll.mun&] (make sure to back up this file).

*** Navigate to the folder .rsrcWAVE and explore the sound resources1.

Remember to proceed with caution when modifying system files, and always back up critical data before making changes.

Odd response that may or may not make sense.

*** Workaround for changing the Windows 10/11 Startup sound (resource 1)

garlin · Mar 15, 2024

Check if your Startup Sound is disabled by policy.

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antspants · Mar 15, 2024

TVeblen said:
Yes, I had checked all of that first off. And Group policy too.

Winuser · Mar 15, 2024

TVeblen said:
Oh no! It has bytes. Just in the properties it lists it as 0.00 seconds. There are a few like that. The same on both PCs. When you open them in Winamp or Media Player they also show 0.00 seconds and don't play anything. But the other PC plays the startup sound regularly with that same file. So it has to come from elsewhere?

I checked on my desktop and in File Explorer the Startup.wav file shows a file size of 37.4 KB. When I play it in Media Player the start and end time is 0:00:00 and all I hear is a very short click sound. If you want I'm sure you can find a better startup sound if you do a online search.
Edit: Here's some Startup sounds you may like. Microsoft Windows Start up Sounds - Soundboard.com - Create & Download Free Soundboard, Sounds, Sound Effects, Mp3, and more

Winuser · Mar 15, 2024

antspants said:
Reluctantly… I asked Copilot

Odd response that may or may not make sense.

*** Workaround for changing the Windows 10/11 Startup sound (resource 1)

I don't understand the answer you got from Copilot. As far as I know the Windows sound files are located in C:\Windows\Media.

Winuser · Mar 15, 2024

Winuser said:
I don't understand the answer you got from Copilot. As far as I know the Windows sound files are located in C:\Windows\Media.

I was correct. I typed sounds in Search and there was an option for "Change System Sounds). From there all one has to do is click on what sound they want to change then on Browse. As an example, when I clicked on Notifications > Browse it opened up C:\Windows\Media. From there I could choose whatever sound I wanted.

Winuser · Mar 15, 2024

TVeblen said:
I will continue to work at it in my spare time and report back anything I find.

My immediate curiosity is if Windows Startup.wav contains no sound data in the file, then when it did play the startup sound - where did that come from?

Are you sure it wasn't playing a different .wav file?

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

Winuser said:
I don't understand the answer you got from Copilot

Because CoPolit

antspants · Mar 15, 2024

Winuser said:
I was correct. I typed sounds in Search and there was an option for "Change System Sounds). From there all one has to do is click on what sound they want to change then on Browse. As an example, when I clicked on Notifications > Browse it opened up C:\Windows\Media. From there I could choose whatever sound I wanted.

Have a look at that link I posted of an unofficial work around, it’s interesting I thought

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antspants · Mar 15, 2024

My point being, I suppose, is that if @TVeblen has exhausted options, including Brinks tutorial, then what that link says is true if not for all Ten/Eleven users then at least some or that Unofficial workaround wouldn’t be needed.
Has anyone been able to hear the startup wav or change the startup wav and heard it run at Windows startup?