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I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up - it reminds me too much
of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from Microsoft that will make
my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?

I'd probably like to do the same thing to the wallpaper but I don't want
some amateur looking stuff.

Help!

 

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Hi

If you go to Sounds and Audio Devices>Sounds tab, you use other files apart
from the MS default ones by clicking on 'Browse'.

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"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up - it reminds me too
>much of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from Microsoft that will
>make my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?
>
> I'd probably like to do the same thing to the wallpaper but I don't want
> some amateur looking stuff.
>
> Help!

 

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>-----Original Message-----
>I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up - it
reminds me too much
>of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from
Microsoft that will make
>my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?
>
>I'd probably like to do the same thing to the wallpaper
but I don't want
>some amateur looking stuff.
>
>Help!
>
>
Some old but still good sound schemes here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;135315

scroll down to multimedia,
jungle, robotz, musica, utopia

These are all from windows 95 but still work on XP home
and Professional

 

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In news:ecup21f0EHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
C Tate <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> typed:

>I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up - it reminds
>me
> too much of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from
> Microsoft
> that will make my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?


Go to Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices, and on the Sounds
tab, choose any available sound. While there, you can also
customize other sounds besides the startup sound.

By the way, Windows comes with a bunch of sounds you can choose
for these events, but there are hundreds or thousands of other
..wav files available for downloading on the internet, and any of
these can be used too.

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>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up -
it
>reminds me too much
>>of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from
>Microsoft that will make
>>my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?
>>
>>I'd probably like to do the same thing to the wallpaper
>but I don't want
>>some amateur looking stuff.
>>
>>Help!
>>
>>
>Some old but still good sound schemes here:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>us;135315
>
>scroll down to multimedia,
>jungle, robotz, musica, utopia
>
>These are all from windows 95 but still work on XP home
>and Professional
>.
Download and save to c:\windows\Media
Dbl click the .exe and extract
The sound scheme will show in sounds window

 

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Thanks for the advice guys. The page Johny suggested sounds good but appears
to be no longer there. Where can I find these old schemes?
"Johnny_1" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I hate the noise my home PC makes when it starts up - it
> reminds me too much
>>of work! Is it possible to get any new sounds from
> Microsoft that will make
>>my computer sound a bit less 'standard'?
>>
>>I'd probably like to do the same thing to the wallpaper
> but I don't want
>>some amateur looking stuff.
>>
>>Help!
>>
>>
> Some old but still good sound schemes here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;135315
>
> scroll down to multimedia,
> jungle, robotz, musica, utopia
>
> These are all from windows 95 but still work on XP home
> and Professional

 

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"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%234MG3pm0EHA.1860@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl
> Thanks for the advice guys. The page Johny suggested sounds good but
> appears to be no longer there. Where can I find these old schemes?
> "Johnny_1" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:908601c4d25c$e6c438e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> Some old but still good sound schemes here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>> us;135315
>>
>> scroll down to multimedia,
>> jungle, robotz, musica, utopia
>>
>> These are all from windows 95 but still work on XP home
>> and Professional

Try this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=135315

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