I swiped the script below from a VBScript newsgroup and tried running it
as a "Startup" program. Works fine and is simpler and more direct than
the HTA script I posted earlier.

'================StartSound.vbs==============
Set wmp = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX")
wmp.settings.autoStart = True

'set volume 0 to 100
wmp.settings.volume = 100

'Enter pathname of desired startup sound.
wmp.URL = "cwindows\media\close022.wav"

'wait til it stops
while wmp.Playstate <> 1
WSH.Sleep 100
wend
'=========================================
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Crash

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