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Hi All,
I have just rebuilt a laptop that was part of my companies sonar surveying equipment. The flight cases came back from Greenland absolutely soaking wet, there was about a foot (meter) of water in the case with a Dell laptop in it. took it apart completely (drilled out one screw as no head) left it for a couple of days to remove any moisture left put bits back together. Pressed the power button, got distracted came back to it and it has booted up, track pad works, cue bolt of lightning 'It's alive'  !
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Plug in the speakers and check if it's craving brainzzzz before you touch the keyboard. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Done! Just makes the boring Windows sounds...Brainzzzz would be more interesting/frightening....
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So now change it: make the default beep "brainzzzz" and send it back...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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 , no it's our laptop the Greenlandians broke it, I have also changed it Network name to Lazurus....
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glennPattonWorking wrote: it's our laptop the Greenlandians broke it
Well, I hope you're charging them for a new one!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sounds fun! There are days when I yearn for a hardware distraction! Good to hear you're earning your keep at the new place! Cheers! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I thank You Sir! have an upvote...
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At work, we have these extremely high-res monitors now and of course my eyes aren't what they used to be.
So a couple of Win10 updates ago, I could change just the text so I had high-res and text size that was readable.
Text Size No-Choice
Now, Microsoft on one of the numerous updates has made it so I can _only_ enlarge the size of the text on certain feature/areas of the OS. However, the main text in a window cannot be enlarged.
You can see a snapshot of what they let you change here:
http://raddev.us/images/cp/win10text.png[^]
I know. I know. It's a pad/phone world out there and these text sizes don't matter on there.
Microsoft Supports Devices They Aren't On
Plus, Microsoft especially is known for being used on pads and phones. Riiiiiiight. 
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The Surface is the most popular tablet out there, outselling it's rivals by a huge margin!
And the Windows Phone is the most common communications device on the planet!
On Planet Redmond, anyway. Unfortunately, in this reality... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: The Surface is the most popular tablet out there, outselling it's rivals by a huge margin!
When I read that, you had me. I was like...."Really?..."
Score +1 for Griff.
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Windows phone and the Yeti, not common sights...
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Yeah - at least when you buy a Galaxy Note 7, you also get a system to tell you where it is ... just follow the fire engine. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes, I'm replying to myself. But, here's another thing.
My system sounds are turned all the way down to 0 (zero).
See this : http://raddev.us/images/cp/win10syssounds.png[^]
System Sound, No!
And yet, when I change the resolution on my monitor, it warns me that it is not the optimal resolution and makes a noise -- what I would call a system sound.
So, where do you control that sound? Isn't it obvious? In Settings...Notifications & Actions...scroll down... Show Notifications from these apps....igxTray.exe.... 
See it here: http://raddev.us/images/cp/win10notify.png[^]
Thanks, Microsoft, it's all obvious.
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The PC I have at work is a Dell XYZ, I had to unplug the speakers as they were picking up the wireless printer outside my office. So no dings for me!
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glennPattonWorking wrote: had to unplug the speakers
That's a very direct solution. I should have thought of it.
And you don't like the smooth sounds of Printer-Noise on station WLPT? 
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No, it was quietly driving me batty!
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On your desktop, right click and choose "Personalize".
Then go to "Themes" -> "Theme settings" -> "Sounds".
Select sound scheme "No Sounds".
You'll never hear a system sound from any app again 
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"No sounds" is a bit much; just get rid of the defaults.
Sounds on my machines range from Homer Simpson's "D'oh!", through Wishbone's "Hello-o!", to Fred Flintstone's "Yabba-dabba-doo!"
At work, I use other people's ringtones.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: At work, I use other people's ringtones.
You're evil. I respect you.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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"At work, I use other people's ringtones."
Now that's pure evil!! I'll have to remember that since there's talk here about moving to an open office plan.
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So you have to do sound settings in three places?
They really are learning from linux.
Mobile First, indeed. Straight out the bluddy window.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: So you have to do sound settings in three places?
Nope, only that one place. All the other options are placebos "I couldn't have heard that sound just now because I turned the system volume to a minimum"
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