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[Hum]

I thought MS got rid of sounds to speed up Windows 8.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

I don't think they'll have a startup sound by default, Windows 8 is supposed to be all about speed. The startup sound actually slows the startup down, hence lose it.

[migo]

.Neo, on 25 June 2012 - 16:12, said:

You should have quick jingle in (U)EFI Mac-style meaning your hardware is "OK", like some other manufacturers already do. After that it isn't really required for a second one from Windows.

This is a terrible idea. I absolutely hate that on my MacBook. At least on my old LC I could stick something in the headphone jack to silence it, but there's absolutely no way around it now.

[Jose_49]

Guys, just tried The Windows 7 Explorer Wrapper for Windows 8 (made by Tahiy) and mysteriously, after I decided to resume from hibernation I noticed there's a startup sound! It's a nice chime BTW .

It does not come with Win8 Explorer... seems it is disabled by default

[nyolc8]

Try to modify this in regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\BootAnimation\

Modify DisableStartupSound from 1, to 0 and see (hear) if there is a sound or not on startup.

[aviator189]

a brand new one would be great.
also a quick animation would be nice too, similar to the xbox 360.

[xankazo]

I always disable all Windows sounds after installation, so I didn't notice it until you mention it. But IMO, they should've left the option blank by default for people to add a sound if they wanted to and not yanking it right off.

[+devHead]

CJEric, on 25 June 2012 - 16:08, said:

Every little bit counts. And it is frankly unnecessary.

Exactly - it's unnecessary. I never could really understand the point of a startup sound. I know Windows is starting; why do I need a jingle? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

[Nashy]

morden, on 09 April 2012 - 10:11, said:

well, it is a mobile OS in big part... who wants startup sound on their tablet or laptop? don't think there will be on default setting...

All my Androids have a boot sound of some form.

[Emmanuel Pacamalan]

I am running windows 8 CP and it actually has a startup sound

[.Neo]

Dot Matrix, on 05 July 2012 - 00:28, said:

Dude, it slows down my machine by .32843792837249384 of a second.

How will we ever manage.