Try setting the individual sounds to none, i.e., control panel, sounds,
sounds tab, windows, start windows
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Ron Badour
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> How do I eliminate the very loud chime on start up and program changes?
> I've
> selected and saved "No Sounds", but it seems to change back to this on
> it's
> own - without rebooting, etc. I have the volume on max because my laptop
> speakers are not very good and haven't figured out how to run my 5 speaker
> surround sound system from the 1 outlet available.
> Thx!
>
> jim
>
>