So how to disable or change Windows startup, shutdown, logon, logoff and other system sounds?

This article is explained using Windows 7 and it should be the same with Vista.

Click Start –> Control Panel –> Hardware and Sound –> Sound (or just search for Sound in Start and click Sound under Control Panel)

Go to the Sounds tab.

Here you can control all different system sounds like, Startup Sound, Shutdown Sound, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon, Windows User Account Control, System Notification, Email Notification etc.

How to disable it?

If you want to disable any of the sounds, just choose the Program Event and choose None from Sounds drop down menu.

How to change it?

Likewise as above, choose the Program Event and use Browse to select a new sound. (Note: It has to be WAV format and keep the size small to enable a good startup or shutdown process.)

Disable Windows Startup Sound?

Just uncheck the Play Windows Startup Sound.

How about changing Windows Startup and Shutdown sound?

If you had scrolled down and up to see Windows Startup and Shutdown sound, you might have been disappointed to not see it there. But these sounds are stored in C Drive –> Windows –> Media (C:\Windows\Media)

If you want to change any particular sound here, just paste your sound file here and rename it to the name here. For example, Windows Startup and Windows Shutdown. (Note: Here also, it has to be WAV format and keep the size small to enable a good startup or shutdown process.)

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So how to change double click to single click mouse selection in Windows?

Go to My Computer –> Press Alt in the Keyboard and you will see the File and Edit menu. Select Folder Options from the Tools menu.

Under the General tab, change the Click items as follows from Double-click to open an item (single-click to select) to single-click to open an item (point to select).

You can also change the settings to underline the icon titles always or only when you point at them.

Click Apply and Ok to make the changes. Now you can use single click using mouse to open files and folders in Windows Explorer.

Note: This post is based on one of our LyteByte readers question. If you have any questions or tips contact us to have a post about it.

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