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I had a Compaq computer that had Windows 3.1 and it had this shutdown sound I want. The file was called mystery.wav and I believe there was Xylophone in it.

I don't think this file came with stock Windows 3.1 because when I installed it in a VM I found no such file. Does anyone here know where I can get it? Did Compaq put it out with OEM Windows 3.1 or was there a third party program that put it there?

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@yurithedragonhalf

That is tada.wav

tada.wav is not hard to find, it' still included in Windows. There is one here with Windows 7 (Sounds different though)

@jamesyfx

I'll try and see if installing the theme makes it appear. I had it on 3.1, but maybe someone copied it from 98 with a floppy or something...

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@yurithedragonhalf

That is tada.wav

tada.wav is not hard to find, it' still included in Windows. There is one here with Windows 7 (Sounds different though)

@jamesyfx

I'll try and see if installing the theme makes it appear. I had it on 3.1, but maybe someone copied it from 98 with a floppy or something...

Found the theme created for windows 7, the shutdown sounds sounds nothing like a xylophone

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Try this site here My link

It has all the plus themes on it!

It brings back some memories

I coudln't find it in there, do you know which one it is, some of the WAVs didn't play in Windows 7 WMP, so maybe it's one of those...

It's definitely not shipped with Windows. Perhaps it is installed there by a sound card driver, or a game that uses the sound events system? In any case, here is the said wave file. It's MYSTERY.WAV, and you bet it has a xylophone in it!

Ya I think that was it!!! How did you find that? I Googled allover the place... I will always wonder how that sound got in there because it's not default for 3.1...
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