JB wrote:
> OMG Stan.....I'll do with oiut the start up and exit sound. No BS,
> in Dec I entertained some sort of virus and have reloaded the puter
> 4 times since Xmas. Again just 2 days ago....although I was hell
> bent on not doing any updats....I still wanted IE7, so in the
> process of downloading IE7....just like MS and they must "ear mark"
> other updates to follow the download. SO that is why I am here ...
> now. But I am not going to write down and try to back up the
> updates.....I see that being another reload and ral PITA. But I do
> thank you for your input. I thought this forum would have MS
> looking itover and they can find the problem...becuase obviously
> that must happen to others ....maybe on too small of a percentage
> Have a great day...............I will keep my eyes and ears open
> for anyting on this. My other thought would be to use a Vista
> driver....if there is such a thing
You gave the possibility of removing "cert[a]in windows updat[e]s", yet you
don't list these certain Windows Updates you have in mind?
You said, "But I have not yet deleted certin windows updats to see if te
corrects theproblem." which implied that you knew of "cert[a]in windows
updat[e]s" and had just not acted on this knowledge - so I suggested you
remove them. Still do. When I say "decent backups" - I mean of your system
(which you have now made obvious you likely do not - or you would not have
had to rebuild your system from scratch at all in most cases - much less
four times) - not of the KB######'s. Also, I think writing down the list of
"cert[a]in windows updat[e]s" before removing them and writing down the
short list of things those "cert[a]in windows updat[e]s" warn you about
would be less trouble than what you claim to have gone through already.
Just remove them, ignore the warning - if you even have an idea of
"cert[a]in windows updat[e]s" at this time, that is. In my many years doing
this and ignoring that warning - the worst thing that happened is I had to
install IE7 over again. You could uninstall IE7 if you want, then most of
the warnings will likely go away (but not all - I am sure.)
If you have reloaded the computer four times since Christmas and it was
working before you reloaded it - but not now - I would think you have done
something wrong. Make sure you have **all** the latest drivers for every
hardware device straight from the manufacturer - not from Microsoft (unless
one of the pieces of hardware is manufacturered by Microsoft.) This
includes the motherboard chipset, audio, video and network...
Also - you could give the list of updates you believe to be the problem
before you even think about doing it - and I am sure others can comment on
their effect on your current situation, etc.
However - now I think I am understanding that you have sound after Windows
actually starts (you can play MP3s, listen to sounds from the Internet, view
videos from where ever and they have sounds, etc...) - I cannot see why this
is a bother (really - those are sounds I usually turn off first thing - I
don't turn off/on a computer enough to care - and most of the other Windows
sounds have no purpose i see other than annoying me.
If you really feel these sounds are necessary...
http://www.computing.net/answers/win...und/77346.html
Try those solutions!
Good Luck!
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