Solved Login/logout Sounds Not Playing

kylebnjmnross

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To start, hello. I'm new to these forums, and I joined because I need Windows 8 support.

About a week ago, I was wondering how I went about enabling the Startup sound to play. I discovered that in order to have any Startup sound playing, the option needed to be checked in Control Panel > Sounds. Coincidentally, I found that the Windows Logon/Logoff options were missing, so I went into the registry and changed the necessary 1's to 0's, and now they appear as they should. However, when I select a sound for them, it doesn't play when I log on. It is important to note that I'm under the impression that the Logon sound and Startup sound are two different things. The Startup sound I found that I could not change without messing up Metro, so I left it as the default Windows Vista/7 sound that plays. But if I am correct, there should also be a sound played when you log in or log off.

So, in short, how do I get the login/logoff sounds to play?
 

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Hello Kyle, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Unfortunately, the log on/off sounds have been hard coded to be disabled in Windows 8 to help improve the performance and security during startup.

As you have already found, there's that method to add these sound events back into Sounds, but they will still not function. I was going to do a tutorial on this myself, but it was pointless to add them back when they will still not play.

There's currently just no way to get these sounds to play. :(
 

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thanks for the clarification Shawn..i was planning to ask you the same thing..glad i checked this thread..saved my query and your time :)
 

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thanks for the workaround bro..much obliged.
 

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You're most welcome. :)
 

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hey, I know this maybe a late reply, but I just came across this myself, and have found a way to overcome this problem anywqays heres how: How to Customize Logon, Logoff and Shutdown Sounds in Windows 8

hey, I know this maybe a late reply, but I just came across this myself, and have found a way to overcome this problem anywqays heres how: How to Customize Logon, Logoff and Shutdown Sounds in Windows 8

better late than never :) thank you for that link.

Sorry guys, but you'll find that while you can manually add them and assign a sound to them, they will not actually work and play since they have been hard coded not to. :(

Only the Startup sound is available now.

Startup Sound - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Help Forums
 

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    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Galaxy S23 Plus phone

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    AMD FX-8350 4.00 GHz
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    ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 OC with Boost VAPOR-X
    Sound Card
    Onboard Realtek HD
Create Task?

Brink,
By creating a task, does this mean it will open in vlc/WMP or will it play in the background?
OR
is there any way to get it to play in the background- not opening a media player?:thumb:
 

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