"SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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> "Interesting Ian" <spam.me2REMOVE@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>>> Interesting Ian wrote:
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>>>> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>> Interesting Ian wrote:
>>>>>> Unlike in all previous versions it seems that windows 7 no longer
>>>>>> offers the option to change the start up sound. I'm not all that
>>>>>> proficient with computers. Is there any way I can replace the
>>>>>> windows default sound in a relatively simple way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also why isn't microsoft no longer offering this option? I can
>>>>>> change all other sounds apart from the startup.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't answer why, but what I did was disable the Microsoft sound
>>>>> then added a HTA file that played the desired sound (or shortcut
>>>>> to it) to the Startup folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> '=============StartSound.hta=================== <html><body> <!--Enter
>>>>> desired startup sound--> <bgsound src="dmedia\start.wav"> </body>
>>>>>
>>>>> <script type="text/vbs"> 'Resize and position window to make page
>>>>> "invisible" window.resizeTo 200,200 window.moveTo -200,-200
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Allow time for sound to play then close page
>>>>> tt=setTimeout("parent.close",4000) </script>
>>>>>
>>>>> </html>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for that. But it doesn't help me since I have no idea what a
>>>> HTA file is and what I'm supposed to do with it!
>>>
>>> I don't know how I could make it any simpler, but I will try. This is
>>> the HTA file, which is just an executable HTML file.
>>
>> What's an "executable HTML file" when it's all at home?
>>>
>>> '=============StartSound.hta===================
>>> <html><body>
>>> <!--Enter desired startup sound-->
>>> <bgsound src="dmedia\start.wav">
>>> </body>
>>>
>>> <script type="text/vbs">
>>> 'Resize and position window to make page "invisible"
>>> window.resizeTo 200,200
>>> window.moveTo -200,-200
>>>
>>> 'Allow time for sound to play then close page
>>> tt=setTimeout("parent.close",4000)
>>> </script>
>>>
>>> </html>
>>> '==============================================
>>>
>>> 1) Copy the code lines between between the "=" lines into your text
>>> editor.
>>
>> What's a "text editor"??
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 2) Replace "dmedia\start.wav" with the pathname of the sound file you
>>> want to use as your startup sound.
>>>
>>> 3) Replace the "4000" in "tt=setTimeout("parent.close",4000)" with the
>>> run time in milliseconds of your desired startup sound file.
>>>
>>> 4) Save the edited file as "StartSound.hta" to your startup folder,
>>> either
>>> CUsers\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
>>> or
>>> CUsers\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Startup\
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Sorry but I have no idea whatsoever what you're talking about. Why can't
>> you utilize standard English and tell me in plain simply terms what I
>> need to do?
> My advice to you is to have one of your computer-savvy friends read this
> post and walk you through it. It really doesn't get more "standard
> English" than Dave's most recent reply.
> --
Then why do I need a computer savvy friend to read through it? The thing is
I shouldn't need to be computer savvy! People on here asking for help are
quite likely not computer savvy, otherwise it's likely that they wouldn't
need any help in the first place!
Anyway, searched google last night for what these various terms mean.
Eventually I stuck the appropriate text in a notebook file, changed the
extension to hta, put it in that startup folder (at first I thought it
didn't exist, but googling provided me with the information it is hidden by
default). And then switched the default windows startup sound off.
Anyway it didn't work. Since I spent 30 minutes trying to decipher Dave
"Crash" Dummy's instructions, and it still doesn't work, it appears to be to
be unreasonable to assert that his instructions were either simple or
written in standard English.
PS just asked this woman. She said that's way over her head and it's not
written in standard English. Of course we all know that perhaps somewhere
in the region of 95 to 99% of the population wouldn't have a clue as to what
these instructions mean. Why pretend otherwise? I think it's a waste of
everyones time posting instructions that the vast preponderance of people
are not going to understand!
