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From: Loanarranger on 31 Jan 2010 16:08
I recently moved my computer, and after hooking up all the wires, everything
seemed to be ok, but now, when my Windows XP SP3 starts up on my Dell
Dimension 4600i with 1.5GB RAM, over 1TB hard drive space, and a Pentium IV
HT processor, the opening music is full volume! Any suggestions on how to
adjust/fix this ear-splitting problem? Thanks in advance.
Ron Sheets
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 31 Jan 2010 16:44
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:08:02 -0800, Loanarranger
<Loanarranger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I recently moved my computer, and after hooking up all the wires, everything
> seemed to be ok, but now, when my Windows XP SP3 starts up on my Dell
> Dimension 4600i with 1.5GB RAM, over 1TB hard drive space, and a Pentium IV
> HT processor, the opening music is full volume! Any suggestions on how to
> adjust/fix this ear-splitting problem? Thanks in advance.



Turn down the volume control on the speakers.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: philo on 31 Jan 2010 18:44

"Loanarranger" <Loanarranger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently moved my computer, and after hooking up all the wires,
>everything
> seemed to be ok, but now, when my Windows XP SP3 starts up on my Dell
> Dimension 4600i with 1.5GB RAM, over 1TB hard drive space, and a Pentium
> IV
> HT processor, the opening music is full volume! Any suggestions on how to
> adjust/fix this ear-splitting problem? Thanks in advance.
> Ron Sheets


control panel


soiunds and audio devices


you can then move the slider down to a reasonable setting


From: Twayne on 31 Jan 2010 20:59
In news:C36328B7-F0F5-4DC2-9C81-FFE3DFF3CA79(a)microsoft.com,
Loanarranger <Loanarranger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I recently moved my computer, and after hooking up all the wires,
> everything seemed to be ok, but now, when my Windows XP SP3 starts up
> on my Dell Dimension 4600i with 1.5GB RAM, over 1TB hard drive space,
> and a Pentium IV HT processor, the opening music is full volume! Any
> suggestions on how to adjust/fix this ear-splitting problem? Thanks
> in advance.
> Ron Sheets

I take it you mean it's a temporary thing where the tada is extremely loud
but then things settle down to normal? If so, it's apparently due to a
loading sequence where the volume app isn't loaded until after the audio
stuff. If it hasn't straightened itself out after three restarts, what I
did to get around it was to uninstall and then reinstall my sound card, both
hardware and software. Apparently it moved stuff around enough in the
sequence that it fixed it. Hasn't come back.

IF you meant something else, I don't know; not enough info in that case.
I've seen it happen on two different computers over the last couple years so
I recall it fairly well.

HTH,

Twayne


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