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Title: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: san_crazy on September 27, 2008, 06:23:57 AM
how to set a desired song at windows startup?
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 06:30:03 AM
What version of Windows?

Assuming it is XP:
Start --> Control Panel (classic view) --> Sounds and Audio Devices --> Sounds Tab.
From there, choose Start Windows under Program Events and change it from there.

Note: Windows Sounds are located in C:\Windows\Media
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: drmsucks on September 27, 2008, 11:21:19 AM
Does it have to be a .wav file?
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 11:24:30 AM
Does it have to be a .wav file?
In my experience, other files didn't work.....So I would assume so.

This topic inspired me to make a tutorial with Wink. Hopefully I can get it uploaded.
When it is, I'll post the link.
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: computeruler on September 27, 2008, 11:33:26 AM
in my experience only the 1st 10 seconds of the song play
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: drmsucks on September 27, 2008, 11:34:54 AM
Does it have to be a .wav file?
In my experience, other files didn't work.....So I would assume so.

This topic inspired me to make a tutorial with Wink. Hopefully I can get it uploaded.
When it is, I'll post the link.

Cool...
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: patio on September 27, 2008, 09:26:31 PM
No one has asked what song.....
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 27, 2008, 09:35:56 PM
Does it have to be a .wav file?
In my experience, other files didn't work.....So I would assume so.

This topic inspired me to make a tutorial with Wink. Hopefully I can get it uploaded.
When it is, I'll post the link.

SaviourPC? or did you kind of give up when we switched to HTML?

Don't forget to post it in the planned contributions thread I made at Sav... oh wait, HA! You can't see that part of the forum! HA HA HA!

*Ahem* My apologies, that was rude of me.


And- for the record- the file needs to be a WAV file for a very simple reason- the startup sound is played by Windows using a function call PlaySound() - it only supports WAVE format.
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 09:50:35 PM
Does it have to be a .wav file?
In my experience, other files didn't work.....So I would assume so.

This topic inspired me to make a tutorial with Wink. Hopefully I can get it uploaded.
When it is, I'll post the link.

SaviourPC? or did you kind of give up when we switched to HTML?


Yeah, for SaviourPC. I originally made it as a Flash tutorial, and it doesn't feel right if I convert it. :(
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 27, 2008, 10:04:03 PM
yeah- we've I had to redo mine 5 or 6 times just ot get the size down, and then we nixed the flash thing. Not so bad really, since I just had to delete some frames...
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: drmsucks on September 27, 2008, 10:04:35 PM
Well, Carbon - bring it on!
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: patio on September 27, 2008, 10:10:48 PM
No one has asked what song.....

It can also be longer than 10 seconds...that's the default.
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 10:30:48 PM
No one has asked what song.....

It can also be longer than 10 seconds...that's the default.
I heard it can't be over 30 seconds, not sure.

Well, Carbon - bring it on!
Ummmm.....I'm not sure exactly what's happening to the tutorial, so I went ahead and uploaded it:
http://www.freewebs.com/carbondudeoxide/123456789.htm

It takes a while to load...
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: drmsucks on September 27, 2008, 10:31:54 PM
No one has asked what song.....

Welcome to the Jungle.
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: patio on September 27, 2008, 10:34:38 PM
It can be as long as you want...
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: drmsucks on September 27, 2008, 10:36:37 PM

Ummmm.....I'm not sure exactly what's happening to the tutorial, so I went ahead and uploaded it:
http://www.freewebs.com/carbondudeoxide/123456789.htm

It takes a while to load...

Dude - I like it!! :)
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 10:58:49 PM

Ummmm.....I'm not sure exactly what's happening to the tutorial, so I went ahead and uploaded it:
http://www.freewebs.com/carbondudeoxide/123456789.htm

It takes a while to load...

Dude - I like it!!
:)
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: cohen on September 27, 2008, 11:09:33 PM

Ummmm.....I'm not sure exactly what's happening to the tutorial, so I went ahead and uploaded it:
http://www.freewebs.com/carbondudeoxide/123456789.htm

It takes a while to load...



Dude - I like it!!
:)


Nice!!! I love it.... think it is good!

If you want to share how you do it, can you tell me??? Thanks :)
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 27, 2008, 11:12:47 PM
If you want to share how you do it, can you tell me??? Thanks :)

I used Wink:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66138.0.html

Other links:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66763.0.html
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66929.0.html
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: cohen on September 28, 2008, 12:51:15 AM
If you want to share how you do it, can you tell me??? Thanks :)

I used Wink:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66138.0.html

Other links:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66763.0.html
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,66929.0.html


Thanks!

I'll take a look at those later and might post a few on my website :)
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 28, 2008, 12:52:43 AM
 8)
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: computeruler on September 28, 2008, 10:38:16 AM
how do you make it longer then 10 sec??????
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 29, 2008, 02:16:01 AM
Is it only 10 seconds? Not 30 seconds?
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: computeruler on September 29, 2008, 06:20:34 PM
it only works for 10 sec for me but they said you can change it??
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 29, 2008, 06:43:33 PM
Ummmm.....I'm not sure exactly what's happening to the tutorial...

If you mean at SaviourPC- as it has been mentioned, we're nixing the flash idea and using the HTML.
Essentially it involves stripping out all frames that don't include text. and exporting as HTML.

Also- your tutorial isn't loading for me- it just says "oops, we can't find this page" ???
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: jahuro on September 30, 2008, 12:58:34 AM
Cant you just copy the song into the startup folder?  :-\
Title: Re: how to set a song at windows startup?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 30, 2008, 02:54:12 AM
Cant you just copy the song into the startup folder?  :-\
Nope. I haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure it will load Windows Media Player AFTER the original Windows Startup Sound rings.

Also- your tutorial isn't loading for me- it just says "oops, we can't find this page" ???
Hmmmm........Interesting....