No Windows Startup Sound

Edwin · Mar 16, 2024

Winuser said:
I wonder what the H*ll MS was thinking when they made the startup sound part of the system.

Robbing us of our simple customization pleasures! Bassards!

Edwin · Mar 16, 2024

I just did the ResHack thing, works okay if you're careful..., I'll post the video, for your viewing pleasure, when it's ready... (providing you can sit through 10 minutes of my stupidity!!!)

Edwin · Mar 16, 2024

Edwin said:
for your viewing pleasure...

The important things are:
- you need to be signed on as Admin
- you need to take ownership of imageres.dll
- you to rename imageres.dll as backup (you used to be able to simply merge and replace, but not anymore)

YouTube

TVeblen · Mar 16, 2024

HoHo!

That is Fantastic. You are an animal!

Edwin · Mar 16, 2024

TVeblen said:
You are an animal!

Only on Saturdays! :wink:

TVeblen · Mar 16, 2024

Well changing the startup sound will be fun, but first I've got to get it to work on this PC.
After that one time on restart it now is not playing. It's very random.

My other PC it plays on both cold start and restart every time.

Edwin · Mar 16, 2024

TVeblen said:
Well changing the startup sound will be fun, but first I've got to get it to work on this PC.
After that one time on restart it now is not playing. It's very random.

My other PC it plays on both cold start and restart every time.

Yeah, that is strange! I don't know what to tell you there, chief!

TVeblen · Mar 17, 2024

I'm liking antspants' idea that Windows is starting up faster than the audio driver can load.
I wonder if there is a way to test that idea?

Edwin · Mar 17, 2024

@TVeblen
2 questions:
- when you did hear the sound, was it the default sound?
- did you check to see if your imageres.dll even has a WAVE entry?

TVeblen · Mar 17, 2024

Yes, it was the default sound.
No, haven't checked that. I just assumed it must, since the default sound plays - sometimes.

Winuser · Mar 17, 2024

TVeblen said:
I'm liking antspants' idea that Windows is starting up faster than the audio driver can load.
I wonder if there is a way to test that idea?

TVeblen · Mar 17, 2024

The reason I think it might be plausible is that when the desktop comes up, the icons in the Taskbar for Speakers and Network take a second to change. The Network icon shows no connection - until it connects - then shows the normal wired network icon.
The speakers icon starts with 3 "sound waves" in front of the speaker that changes to just 2. ( 3 means 100% volume - 2 means 50% volume, the user setting)
Both of these thing happen after I'm on the Desktop, so it seems the gears are still turning after Windows starts up.