Use the RES hacker BetaHi Super Sarge,
Your instructions are right on. I had no problems when I did my Vista System. But now when I look at my W7 64-bit imageres.dll using XN Resource Editor I don't see the same file structure as I did in the old (Vista) imageres.dll. It's still in the System32 Directory but all that 1033 stuff is not there. There is a 5080 folder under the Wave folder and right clicking reveals the following active choices;
Add Resource
Import Image Resource
Import RC Data Resource
Import User Resource
Grab Bitmap
Got any ideas on where to go from there?
Wonder why Microsoft screwed this up and left the signoff sound customization alone
Thanks
Bob Helms
8) For Windows 7 go back to C:\Windows\System32 directory rename the imageres.dll to Imageres.old then copy and paste the new hacked Imageres.dll into C:\windows\system32 directory.
Nice info Sarge, but in the system32 folder i cannot edit or replace files, it says i need a trusted installer, so i went to the system32 properties and tried to give myself permissions and it just says access denied and cannot give my any permissions. also i have my new imageres.dll file with my new wave ready just cant put it in there. any info would be appreciated thanks.
You have to download the beta look in the download site it should say Beta, It must be version 3.5.0.82 (beta) That is the version that works
from site SP Secure Mirror US (Beta0 or External mirror (Beta) at the following Page
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Change startup sound in windows 7Like 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.
How to change Windows Vista's startup sound. - Windows Vista Help Forum
The method described seems to work for Win 7 as well.
To avoid permission issues with replacing a system file with a modified system file I simply created the new .dll
using the method described above. ResHacker automatically creates a backup of the original .dll as well as the new one.
Win 7 won't let you replace the old .dll with the new .dll created by ResHacker.
I simply saved the new .dll to a thumb drive and booted into Ubuntu Intrepid (I have several Linux distros multibooted with both XP and Win ) and mounted my Win 7 partition. I was then able to replace my old imagere.dll with the new one.
Now instead of the inane Win 7 startup sound my computer now starts with the more appropriate (IMHO) Homer Simpson saying "to start press any key, where's the anykey?!"
As an added benefit the sound plays at the point in the boot process when Win 7 is fully up and functional.
In my case that is 45 to 48 seconds after choosing Win 7 from my boot menu. Cool.
Of course your "mileage may vary".