Sounds....what do you use to 'customize' your experience?

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Mine....

Logon ....[from 'The Warriors']

"OK, let's get down to it, boppers"

New Mail ....[from TV series 'The Press Gang']

"Why are we getting all this mail?"

Shutdown ....[from 'A Clockwork Orange']

"Oobydoo, bit tired maybe....best not to say more...bedways is rightways now...best be go homeways and get a bit of spatchka"

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Logon: ...THX .wav (the surround sound you hear at a lot of cinema's just before the movie starts)

New Mail: .... ahoogah (ship's horn)

Shutdown: "Whaddya mean 'invalid parameters' ...9000 gig's of ram, and it can't even answer a simple question!"
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is it wrong to have the sounds disabled?
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Logon ... [from the Lost in Space Dr. Smith]

"What do you mean it doesn't compute you ninny!"


New Mail ... [from Austin Powers]

"You've got mail baby, yeah"


Shutdown ...[Mickey Blue Eyes]

"Get the hell outta here"
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is it wrong to have the sounds disabled?

I have sounds disabled too....always have. Found them annoying, the only sound I want is my winamp playing. The only sound I do have enabled is the new mail notification (the notify.wav).
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://www.wavevents.com/index.htm

http://www.wavcentral.com/

If anyone wants some sound files, there's where you can get 'em
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually, I hate it when my computer makes sounds I didn't ask for. My speakers are always turned off, unless I'm listening to music. When I play games I usually wear headphones.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have most of my sounds set to the Windows XP Balloon.wav....just a quiet little pop to let you know something just happened without interferring with tunes
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I make my own sound files. Guess that makes me a wav-skinner.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
New Mail: doorchime from Star Trek Next Generation

Empty Trash: Woohoo! (Homer Simpson)
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have taken sounds from danilloOc's and Tiggz' blinds and substituted almost every windows sound. Cyrix has the best, in my opinion.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i use alot of southpark and metal gear solid clips for most of my programs and some classic movie lines from Pulp Fiction
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i have "computer" sounds from mech warrior2 game .. my pc talks to me ... "acessing" when opeing a file or exploring . "shut down sequence initiated" when shutting pc down. stuff like that...
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sound off, unless I especially need it.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a mail notification noise that I saw in the movie 'Eurotrip'. It's a bit on the rude side but makes me laugh Otherwise no noises on my PC except for the music I'm listening to.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Log-on... From RHPS " I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On A Strange Journey"

New Mail... Bugs Bunny "What's This, A Letter? For Me??"

Log-off... From Young Frankinstein "Where Ya Going?, I was Gonna Make Expresso"

Instant Messenger:
contact comes on-line... Porky Pig "B...B...B...Big D..D...D...Deal

when a contact IM's me with the window minimized... A Female's Voice, "Excuse Me"
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Every sound on my system has been disabled
Only piece of software making sounds is WinAmp
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
...and the system beep when new mail arrives. As Depeche Mode said: "Enjoy the silence".
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Like some of the others, I have sounds disabled (save for Winamp).
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I only use a few, most from Cheech & Chong's "Up In Smoke"
for Program Error I use the police radio discussion between Cheech and Sgt. Stedanko where Cheech keeps calling him Lardass and he keeps telling him it's Hardhat (codename) at the end Stedanko asks "DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS.." "No who is dis is?" "THIS IS SGT STEDANKO" "Oh yeah, Do you know who this is?" "NO" "Bye Bye Lardass" still gets me every time.
For Empty Trash I use the scene in Cheech's car when the cop keeps asking Chong's name. I call the clip Ralph.....
For Critical Stop I use the Myna Bird's "It's a bust"
For Exclamation I have a VERY sexy female voice that says "tell me what you want me to do"
The only other sounds I have on are the defaults for mail and device connect/disconnect.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My Logon is from Aliens: Everybody on line lookin good.

My mail is Tweety Bird saying: What's this a wetter for me? Yes it is a W not a L.

Shutdown is Obie One saying: May the force be with you always.

I do not like the critical wav and error wav ect. I have a Christmas chime for those that sounds like a sleigh bell.

For the error and critical wav I sometimes use The Robot from Lost in Space saying: That does not compute.

My recycle bin is a toilet flushing. Smile!
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Standard XP sounds... but I use headphones 99 percent of the time. (I only LISTEN to the headphones when playing music (WMP) and playing games)