Beginner Geek: Customize or Disable Sound Events in Windows 7 or Vista

Here we look at customizing sounds or completely turning them off.

Change Windows 7 Sounds

Right-choose the speaker icon in your taskbar and select Sounds.

This opens the window where you might go through and change sounds for different Windows events.

Then tap on the Test button to preview how it will sound.

Keep in mind that for best results use a WAV file.

Here we selected the Windows Logon event and selected Chimes.wav for it.

Also, keep in mind that when youchange Windows 7 Themesit will also change the sounds associated with it.

To turn off the Windows Startup Sound just uncheck the box Play Windows Startup sound…then click OK. For example here we turned off the sound when connecting a USB drive or other hardware devices.

This process is essentially the same in XP and Vista too.

Customizing the sounds of different events in Windows 7 is another way to make the OS uniquely yours.

Also, if you’re annoyed by Windows sounds, you might disable them easily as well.

Download iFX Seven Sound Creator