Logon Sound

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Has anybody figured out how to silence the "logon" sound? It was discussed
about two weeks and no solutions posted. Somebody, I hope, has figured it
out since...........................................not the biggest issue
facing the free world, but annoying just the same.
 
It past ''irritating'' about 3 weeks ago.
I like Vista - a lot.
I hate the damn sound - a lot.
I'll show them - I am never going to re-boot my machine
 
I guess they are trying to be trendy like Apple and have a startup sound in
hardware. I'm sure someone will find a way to eliminate it eventually
though. Has anyone tried just deleting the wav file itself or does system
file protection prevent you from doing so?
 
I couldn't delete it, and about 3 others - I tried - Lord knows I tried
:o(((
since it is ''hardcoded in'' (whatever that is) I guess it needs to be
''hardcoded out" (whatever that is)
 
Just turn the volume down on your speakers. How hard can that be?

William
It past ''irritating'' about 3 weeks ago.
I like Vista - a lot.
I hate the damn sound - a lot.
I'll show them - I am never going to re-boot my machine
 
That's not the point -

Just turn the volume down on your speakers. How hard can that be?

William
It past ''irritating'' about 3 weeks ago.
I like Vista - a lot.
I hate the damn sound - a lot.
I'll show them - I am never going to re-boot my machine
 
well...are you trying to delete the file or just turn it off????if you goto
the sound icon on the system tray , aight click it, and then goto sounds,
find the sound option. then scroll to the windows logon thing and click on
where it says 'Windows Logon Sound.wav' and scroll to '(None)' then click
apply and ok.
 
The sound can be disabled.

To disable the sound follow these steps.

1.Download PE Explorer from http://www.pe-explorer.com
2. Open PE Explorer and open %windir%\system32\authui.dll
3. Then go to View -> Resources
4. Then Highlight WAVE and Press Delete
5. Save the file and then click yes if you want it to update the Image Size
 
I followed your instructions Tom - all went well until I got to "SAVE":
''already exists, replace?" YES
"old sizeofimage and new sizeofimage are not equal - update sizeofimage?"
YES
"cannot create new image file - the original file has been probably packed"

I ran the program normally and as Administrator - same results

I saved it under a different name - copied it to System32 folder - tried to
rename it to ''auithui'' - couldn't
tried to delete the original auithui file - couldn't

Thanks for you help - I must be missing something here

BChat
 
According to the Microsoft Blogs this might be hard coded for 'branding'
like the Apple start up sounds.

Would be a real PITA if this is not removeable!!

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If you can find out the wav file that is being called (hopefully) you can
use another program (dual booting - DOS - Recovery Console from XP, etc) to
replace the file with either an empty wav file or one of the more beniegn
files, like a click (renaming to the called wav file)
 
John,

I tried to delete, rename, replace, (and anything else I could think of) the
wave within the DLL. I think it could have been replaced with the ''paid''
version of PE Explorer. The trial version I downloaded wouldn't do it. I
quit (for now).

I would hope M/S would take another look at the idea of having the sound
undeletable - it goes against my theory of "my machine my way".
 
John,

I tried to delete, rename, replace, (and anything else I could think of) the
wave within the DLL. I think it could have been replaced with the ''paid''
version of PE Explorer. The trial version I downloaded wouldn't do it. I
quit (for now).

I would hope M/S would take another look at the idea of having the sound
undeletable - it goes against my theory of "my machine my way".
Click to expand...

What I did was to use a freeware program called Resource Hacker. Move the
authui.dll to a temp location, open it with ResHack and delete the Wave
resource, then save it. Rename the original authui.dll to authui.bak just
in case. Move the edited authui.dll back into system32.

I did this from my XP side of my dual boot. UAC was already disabled on
Vista.
 
Michael,

Thanks for reply. I cannot move, delete, or do anything to the file except
copy it to another location - so I did. I was able to remove the wave
resource using ResHack, but I cannot move or copy the modified file back
into System 32. I do have UAC turned off. I tired doing this from XP and
from within Vista. For some reason I am not allowed to do it.

So far I am 0 for 2 with this operation. Thanks again



John,

I tried to delete, rename, replace, (and anything else I could think of)
the
wave within the DLL. I think it could have been replaced with the ''paid''
version of PE Explorer. The trial version I downloaded wouldn't do it. I
quit (for now).

I would hope M/S would take another look at the idea of having the sound
undeletable - it goes against my theory of "my machine my way".
Click to expand...

What I did was to use a freeware program called Resource Hacker. Move the
authui.dll to a temp location, open it with ResHack and delete the Wave
resource, then save it. Rename the original authui.dll to authui.bak just
in case. Move the edited authui.dll back into system32.

I did this from my XP side of my dual boot. UAC was already disabled on
Vista.
 
Michael,

Thanks for reply. I cannot move, delete, or do anything to the file except
copy it to another location - so I did. I was able to remove the wave
resource using ResHack, but I cannot move or copy the modified file back
into System 32. I do have UAC turned off. I tired doing this from XP and
from within Vista. For some reason I am not allowed to do it.

So far I am 0 for 2 with this operation. Thanks again
Click to expand...

Well, I didn't find it necessary but maybe that's because I was logged
into XP with admin rights when I moved the file back. Try logging into XP
with admin rights and if you still can't replace the file you could always
just take ownership of it first.
 
Michael,

The ''ownership'' thing worked - you are my new hero! As frustrating as this
whole deal has been, I learned some things, and that makes it all worth it.
Thank you again for your patience and assistance. My computer thanks you
too - you saved its life ;o)

A silent re-boot..........................................................I
love it.
 
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