Is it possible to get rid of that annoying jingle played every time Windows XP boots up? I'd like to replace it with something else - nothing would do, too. James Widden
All the Windows sounds are configurable. Go to Start|Settings|Control Panel and run the applet called, in XP, Sounds and Audio Devices. Click the tab marked Sounds and scroll down until you find the entry for Start Windows. Select this and you will probably find Windows XP Startup.wav is selected. If you click the drop-down button (the down arrow) next to that, you will be able to select a different sound or the first option: none.
Alternatively, you can click the button for Browse, which will take you to your Media directory. There, you can select a different sound, or navigate to another sound you prefer. It's simplest if you find the sound you want then put it in the C:\Windows\Media directory beforehand.
There are lots of suitable (and unsuitable) wav files on the Open Program Wavs and Close Program Wavs pages at Wave Events (www.waveevents.com). This site has sections for 2001, Star Trek ("Program complete, enter when ready"), Star Wars and cartoons. Soundamerica.com is another good source, or you can try the sounds search engine, FindSounds.com.
