Like Vista, Win 7 doesn't offer a way to change the stupid startup sound to something more appropriate.
A Google search led me to this trick posted on this WinVistaClub forum.
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The method described seems to work for Win 7 as well.
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I recently had a new system built running a RAID array using two WD 250GB SATA drives, Vista Home Premium, Intel duo core 3.1GHz processor, 4GB mem, ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard.
I was trying an ATI Radeon HD 4670 video card and when installing the Vista drivers, the system froze and I had to shut...
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I have found that the driver signing problem can be bypassed with a single command:
bcdedit.exe -set testsigning_on
This works without having to do a complete Fresh Install and will not bog down the boot process.