Loud sound during boot

[Guest John Eppley]

I've tolerated this problem for a long time. It started immediately after

one of the many MS updates. I had hoped another update would fix the

problem.

The problem is an enormously loud split-second sound that occurs during the

MS national anthem at startup. The first half dozen bars are comfortably

played, then at least two bars are deafening. The sound then returns to

normal. Any ideas.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Loud sound during boot

 

Find and play the file. If it plays normal then the problem is something

affecting the card during boot time. If the playback exhibits the same

issue, the file is corrupted.

 

John Eppley wrote:

> I've tolerated this problem for a long time. It started immediately after

> one of the many MS updates. I had hoped another update would fix the

> problem.

> The problem is an enormously loud split-second sound that occurs during the

> MS national anthem at startup. The first half dozen bars are comfortably

> played, then at least two bars are deafening. The sound then returns to

> normal. Any ideas.

>

>

[Guest John Eppley]

Re: Loud sound during boot

 

Excellent idea. The problem is that I do not know how to find the bad WAV

file. I've tried looking in the startup and system files. No luck.

[Guest John Eppley]

Re: Loud sound during boot

 

I should mention that I have tries searching for *.wav files and get an

error message...

 

Runtime fault C++ explorer.exe. Shut down.

[Guest Lem]

Re: Loud sound during boot

 

John Eppley wrote:

> I should mention that I have tries searching for *.wav files and get an

> error message...

>

> Runtime fault C++ explorer.exe. Shut down.

>

>

 

The Windows XP start-up sound is, surprisingly, called

"Windows XP Startup.wav"

 

Like all of the Windows XP system sounds, it's located in %WINDIR%\Media

(%WINDIR% is your Windows system directory, usually, C:\Windows).

 

If you consistently get runtime faults in explorer, however, there is

something else going on. I haven't done much looking for this, but if

you have Google Toolbar installed, you might try uninstalling it and see

if that helps with either the runtime fault in explorer or the

distorting of the startup wav file.

 

--

Lem -- MS-MVP

 

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[Guest Bob I]

Re: Loud sound during boot

 

Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, find "Start

Windows" under program events, click the "right arrow" or triangle.

 

John Eppley wrote:

> Excellent idea. The problem is that I do not know how to find the bad WAV

> file. I've tried looking in the startup and system files. No luck.

>

>