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Looking to find the Windows XP startup/shutdown sounds for Windows Vista

Chillwithcian · 2008-02-02 18:25:40

Hello all, I quite liked the XP startup/shutdown sounds, the vista ones i have at the moment arn't great and id love to replace them with the XP ones. Does anyone know any website that you can download them from? thanks, Cian :)

02-02-2008 7:25pm

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Chillwithcian

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Hello all,
I quite liked the XP startup/shutdown sounds, the vista ones i have at the moment arn't great and id love to replace them with the XP ones.

Does anyone know any website that you can download them from?
thanks,
Cian

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#2 02-02-2008 8:03pm

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Check out the sounds folder in the WIN XP system folder iirc, there all there! Dunno how you like them though, especially the startup sound!

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#3 03-02-2008 1:41am

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Chillwithcian wrote: »

Hello all,
I quite liked the XP startup/shutdown sounds, the vista ones i have at the moment arn't great and id love to replace them with the XP ones.

Does anyone know any website that you can download them from?
thanks,
Cian

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#4 03-02-2008 2:29am

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You should read this article too
http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/08/14/how-to-make-your-own-windows-xp-startup-sound/

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#5 03-02-2008 5:56pm

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If you need them in .WAV format, they are located in the c:\Windows\Media folder of any XP system.

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