The startup sound in Windows 10 is disabled by default in two different ways. Besides being disabled in the aforementioned Sounds menu, which we’ll explain later, newer versions of Windows have an option that prevents it from playing. After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, you will most likely lose the startup sound. Microsoft disabled it on the new Windows 10, 8.1 operating systems. Don’t worry, you can get it up and running by following the instructions below. Enable startup sound on Windows 10, 8.1 1. Tweak your Registry. Open Start menu, type change system sounds and click on change system Sound from the search bar results. Select Windows default (modified) from the sound scheme drop down menu. Click on system notification under the program events menu. Now, check the box Play windows startup sound.
A lot of Windows users have started shifting to Windows 10 ever since Microsoft stopped the updates for their popular OS, Windows 7. Most of you must be aware of the fact that Windows is popular for their startup sounds but with Windows 10 the startup sound doesn’t play by default. Hence in this guide, we are going to show you how to enable startup sounds in your Windows 10 PC. Without waiting further, let’s get started.
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Here’s how to enable Windows Startup Sound in Windows 10:
1) Head to the “Settings” menu from your start menu or simply press Win Key + I on your keyboard and that’ll bring it up.
2) From the Settings Menu, click on “System” and navigate to the “Sound” tab.
3) Bring up the Sound Control Panel from the Related Settings Menu. Once the sound panel is launched, click on the “Sounds” tab.
4) Under the sounds tab, check “Play Windows Startup sound” and you are ready to go. Windows will play startup sounds the next time you restart your PC.
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The startup sound of Windows is a symbol that you start using the computer. Do you ever hear it? If not, the reason may be that the startup sound is in the disabled state. You can enable it, change it or even customize it in Windows 10 if needed.
1. Click Start button and choose Settings in the menu. Then select Personalization in Windows Settings.
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2. Switch to Themes tab, select Sounds on the right.
3. Find Play Windows Startup sound in Sounds tab, check the option if there is no “√” mark in the box in front of it. Then you can listen to the sound when starting up the computer.
4. And if you want to change it, find Windows Speech Recognition in Program Events and hit On in the list.
5. Click the down arrow to expand the drop-down menu, then you can choose any sound in the list and hit Test to listen to the sample. Click Apply if you decide to use this sound as startup sound.
6. Or if you want to customize the startup sound, you can save the music you like as WAV format, and put it in This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Windows > Media folder.
7. Then you can hit Browse… button, and choose the sound you customized in this folder, Open it and Apply – OK to confirm the setting.
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