Windows 7 Changing startup sound

[fjgold]

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.

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".

 

[ano]

Heya. Much thanks for the directions. I'm running into one problem, however. I have a 55sec startup sound file running and pw login on. When i boot up and don't immediately login, the sound file plays fine. if, however, i login while it is playing the sound file, it terminates it.

I'm wondering if there is a workaround for this or something i might be able to mess with to get it to stop terminating the startup sound. All other sounds are disabled btw.

Any thoughts?

 

[MrEd]

Just logged in to say...

THANKS
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Had everything done and set and didn't read beyond page 2!!!!

win7 64x sp1 OEM FIRST INSTALL EVER with win7.

my personal notes while doing operation.

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origional file edit info

right click

security
select administrator
click advanced
owner
select edit, and change...do the apply's

leave the file and re-rightclick and you
should have all permissions.

RENAME imageres.dll to imageres_old.dll

replace file

NOTE - If you reload the file you just edited, you still get the old sound....REBOOT!!!
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that's the closest replication after doing it I can do

 

[Surreal]

Ok so im running windows 7 64bit... but i keep getting the "TrustedInstaller" crap when i try to rename or replace the imageres.dll file.

Is there any way around this without dual booting?

I've followed all the steps but i dont know... that 'take ownership' how trustworthy is that?

 

[Nonya Bizness]

Much easierr solution is to go to C:\windiws\media and choose any .wav file you preferfor any sound

You can't change the Startup sound that way. That's why there are all these questions and B.S. for answers.