Problem solved!
Tuesday, November 27, 2001 at 3:49 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jsshackel
(31 messages posted)
Follow-up from original posting by jsshackel: problem solved by a member at another
XP forum site. If anyone else XPperiences this problem --- when using MS TweakUI
utility (part of MS Powertoys for WinXP) and you uncheck the box for "beep on errors"
under the "General" category, say goodbye to startup/shutdown/logon/logoff event
sounds. Recheck the box to get 'em back. 'Beep on errors' and startup sounds? Typical
MS goofiness. Check out the Forum at http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/ for another
good info and troubleshooting site.
On Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 5:54 am, JSShackel wrote:
>After installing WinXP and fiddling with customizations, I downloaded and am using
>a logon screen customizing freeware utility named 'XP LogonUI', along with several
>custom logon screens (since the default blue is so crappy). It works great, only
>I noticed sometime after using it that I had lost the four XP event sounds related
>to starting up and shutting down (startup/shutdown/logon/logoff). All other event
>sounds execute normally. The sounds are still associated with these four events
when
>checked in the sound control event sound selection area. The selected ones will
also
>play okay when played using Media Player or Sound Recorder -- don't seem to be damaged.
>Other event sounds won't execute either for the four startup/shutdown events if
they
>are selected (XP Exclamation, Error, etc.), so it doesn't seem related to the four
>particular wav files but rather an execution problem. All other event sounds execute
>normally for the associated Windows events. I'm thinking that the problem is related
>to the XP LogonUI utility and changing the logon/logoff screen to custom ones. Used
>another great utility named 'Resource Hacker' (highly recommended for advanced tweakers)
>to check out the various custom 'logonui.exe' files looking for a reference to firing
>up event sounds, but see none. (This utility is great, however, for advanced changing
>of wording in custom logon screens.) Also checked the 'logonui.exe' file in Windows/System32
>but also see no reference to initiating an event sound. Has anyone else used 'XP
>LogonUI' and had the same problem with losing the sounds? Does anyone know what
system
>file or what else "tells" the startup/shutdown/logon/logoff event sounds to play?
>It's a small annoyance, but I never let Win98 whip me and I have to solve this one.
>Thanks!
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