Hello all!


I have a sound I use for the "Start Windows" sound. My new machine plays it . . sometimes. Sometimes I only hear the end of it, other times not at all. On rare occasions I hear the whole sound. Why would this be? Surely the machine doesn't go through a different startup sequence every time I boot.
The Start Windows sound is not critical to me (though I would like to hear it), but it makes me wonder just what's going on.
Any clues?
Thanks,
Ken

Hi Ken

At startup the wav file plays, but were is your sound file stored ? as "sounds" opens this file at each startup.

The wav file is on my D: drive. Should it be on the C: drive?

Here are my thoughts: Since I have an extra potent sound card, it requires it's handler to be loaded. It seems to me that windows "sounds" plays the file before the sound card handler is completely finished loading.
So . . .
1 - why doesn't it happen the same way every time?

2 - can I reorder the sequence of events so the wave is played after the sound card software is loaded?

I'm thinking do you have the latest drivers for your sound card or have they become corrupted because your sound card loads as soon as power is turned on to your Motherboard and should be loaded way before "sounds" is ready.

Yes, they are the latest drivers. It's all brand new and I took pains to insure that everything was as up to date as possible. The card uses not only a standard driver but an interface piece.
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I noticed when I was first putting the machine together that no sound would be played until this had finished loading. I turned off its splash image, which sped the loading up, but it's still not ready before windows plays the wav. Perhaps I could delay the playing of the wav? Make it the last thing windows does on startup?

I would move the wav to C: ? boot drive and in "sounds" within the Windows Shell, you can change boot time out via msconfig / Boot INI or you can use a Startup Delayer, some free ones > Here

I'm not sure I understand. There's not a "sounds" directory under Windows, and, er, Windows Shell? I'll try moving it to the C: drive.

Also, I'd rather sacrifice my little startup sound than delay my boot up. I want the fastest boot possible. I know, I should remove the sound altogether to speed booting, and perhaps I shall.

I still wonder why it plays completely at times, not at all at times, and somewhere in between at yet others. It makes me wonder what's going on.

Thanks, Cat!

Yes move it to C: hun > Sounds in Windows > or just make a program file for it