Yay! Microsoft must have listened to all of the users who were complaining that they would not be able to disable Vista’s startup sound. In the latest build, version 5728 that was just released the other day, you’ll find a new option in the Sound Control Panel. There is a checkbox that says “Play Windows Startup Sound”:
So I am content with this solution…kinda. I am very happy that they let me turn off the startup sound but why not give me the option to customize what file gets played just like every other sound setting has? I wouldn’t mind having something a little more subtle but that standard Windows “melody” is just too loud and annoying. A simple beep would serve the purpose quite well.
News Source: Windows Vista Team Blog
Thanks for the tip Marcos!
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Thanks for the information Ryan. I also bookmarked the Vista Team Blog for future reference.
I will be taking the plunge and installing Vista this coming week. Hell, I could get a hair up my butt and do it tonight.
I may want to get in some Titan Quest first though.
I bet you can just go into windows and replace the startup sound with one of your own WAVE files.
I wiped one of my Vista systems clean and installed build 5728 but I don’t feel like doing it for my other Vista RC1 machine. I haven’t noticed any differences yet but I’m definitely liking Vista.
I went looking for the WAV file but I couldn’t find it. I think they somehow hard coded it into Windows so that it can’t be tampered with. Or maybe I’m just blind?
I took the plunge and am running Vists (5728). I like it, there are some neat features.
However, my favorite game, Titan Quest runs a little jerky. It appears to be something to do with the DVD drive as I will hear a click from time to time and then the game runs smooth for a bit, then this repeats.
There is an issue with Media Player 11 that will not show the video of any of my avi files. It will play sound, but no video, just shows the visualization. It said it was obtaining the codec, but apparently not.
Also, no Java Runtime and I am not sure what version if any are compatible with Vista. Anyone know?
You’ll find the Vista compatible Java Runtime here.
It’s a shame that, with what is meant to be such a customisable OS, they decide to restrict you when it comes to such a stupid option as the start-up sound. You never know, maybe they’ll see sense before we have to go messing in the registry.
One other thing that I hate that they don’t let you customize is the Aero Glass. Back in build 5274 you could change a registry key so that Vista didn’t check for compatibility with the graphics card. At that time my laptop worked just fine with Aero but now they don’t make it easy to force Aero compatibility.
Most games will allow you to set graphical settings that your machine can’t handle - they just make it easy to bring them down again. Vista should implement something like that, so you can at least try it and see what your card manages.