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I was bored this morning, and decided that I hated the startup sound on my laptop. I started thinking about the startup sounds from past windows versions which led me here. http://www.winhistory.de/more/winstart/winstart.htm.en[^]
Now my laptop starts with the '98 theme! I had forgotten how nice it sounded. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Some fond memories, cool!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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With Windows 3 I recorded "This station is now the ultimate power in the universe" and used that. Unfortunately CP doesn't allow uploading WAV.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I tried using my own wav (done with sound recorder long ago) for something similar. Problem was, startup processes were halted until the wav was done playing...probably not the case anymore with multi-core and all. I think I'll chop out the end of Temples of Syrinx and give it a try! 'Attention all planets of the solar federation...We have assumed control.' 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I was just looking through Win 7's sounds options and it looks like you can't change the startup sound, only set whether or not to play it. It could be set as a logon sound.
Edit: The logon sound also plays when you unlock.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
modified 22-Mar-14 14:06pm.
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You can change it, but it needs a hack to C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll to replace the
5080 [English (United States)] WAVE resource.
You could probably do it in VS - but I'm not going to try - or google should find you a DLL hacker that will allow you to do it. But...backup first. And caveat emptor...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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That reminds me of hacking copies of the Win3 "Flying Windows" screen saver exe to display other images (characters). 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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If you suddenly disappear for a few days, we'll know you tried it...and it didn't work... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: If you suddenly disappear for a few days
You wouldn't notice. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Of course we would!
We love you, and miss you terribly when you aren't here.
You were here yesterday, but we were really upset when you ignored us on Thursday...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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As long as you know where your towel is...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I had several soundbytes from Cabin Boy.
Exclamation: "I'm in desperate need of assistance!"
Question: "Perhaps you could help me."
GPF: Terminator 2 "You're DEAD already!"
Shutdown was from Total Recall: "You have to want to return to reality."
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Very nice! 
/ravi
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I thought it would be amusing to modify my Win XP startup by adding wow and lots of crackles. It was funny the first four or five times and then...
(for younger readers, wow and crackles were part of the experience of listening to vynil disc recordings of yesteryear).
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Thanks for sharing. I like the Win 95 sound.
TOMZ_KV
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They have long memories: [^].
“The best hope is that one of these days the Ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away ~ leaving people with nothing more to stand ON than what they have so bloody well stood FOR up to now.” Kenneth Patchen, Poet
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Miss Jenny sounds an awful lot like my favorite ex-wife. 
If I were Khun Somjit I would stay away from Miss Jenny. Then again, he only has a 50% chance of living through their last encounter, so it may not be an issue in the future.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Khun Somjit sounds like my favorite ex-wife!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Dave, Nagy - STAY AWAY FROM THAILAND! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You forgot MM...
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
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He's never sober enough to fly! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Couldn't it be because of mistreatment? Elephants are sure treated badly in touristy places in Thailand.
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That's what you get for elephanting with your elephant.
Software Zen: delete this;
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