From your Control Panel, open up Sounds And Audio Devices. Click on the Sounds tab. In the Program Events box, locate the Windows Explorer section and select the Start Navigation. Then click the Sounds dropdown menu (it should have Windows XP Start selected already) and scroll all the way up to the top and select (None). Click OK and the sound should be gone. See attached image below for a visual.
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