我从来都不是Windows 启动(Windows startup)或关闭声音的忠实粉丝，这就是为什么我很高兴它们在Windows 8中被删除。但是，如果您想在Windows(Windows)中拥有自己的自定义启动(custom startup)和关闭声音，这是可能的。在Windows XP中，这是小菜一碟。
在Windows 7中，您必须使用第三方程序来更改启动声音(startup sound)，因为如果您通过控制面板(Control Panel)尝试，它不会做任何事情。
在Windows 8中，如果您错过了您心爱的启动声音(startup sound)，情况会变得更糟，因为它已完全禁用，因此您首先必须在注册表中启用它。之后，您必须运行第三方程序，甚至在此之后，您必须以某种方式关闭并重新启动计算机才能真正听到声音。
我将介绍下面的每个操作系统(operating system)，以使其尽可能简单，具体取决于您的操作系统。在我们详细介绍之前，您首先需要找到一个合适的WAV 格式的(WAV format)音频文件(audio file)。如果您有MP3，您可以使用Media.io等免费在线工具轻松地将其转换为(online tool)WAV 格式(WAV format)。尽量保持文件(file size)较小，如果可能的话小于 1 MB。
Windows XP 启动声音
有两种方法可以更改Windows XP中的启动和其他声音：简单的拖放(drag and drop)到适当的文件夹或使用控制面板(Control Panel)。让我们从将音频文件复制到声音目录开始。
步骤 1： (Step 1: )将每个 WAV 文件分别重命名为Windows XP Startup.wav和Windows XP Shutdown.wav。
第 2 步(Step 2)：现在继续并导航到具有当前启动和关闭Windows声音的文件夹，即 C:\Windows\Media。在这里，您将找到Windows XP Startup.wav 和 Windows XP Shutdown.wav(Windows XP Startup.wav and Windows XP Shutdown.wav)文件以及其他一些Windows声音。
继续将两个原始文件从Media文件夹移动到其他备份文件夹(backup folder)。这是以防万一您创建的两个WAV文件不起作用并且您想恢复为原始声音。
第 3 步(Step 3)：现在将两个重命名的文件复制到C:\Windows\Media文件夹并重新启动计算机！您现在应该听到新的音频播放而不是默认声音。
如果您不喜欢某些其他默认Windows声音，您也可以以相同的方式更改它们。只需创建一个与(Just)Media 文件夹(Media folder)中的文件同名的文件并替换它。
第二种方法是转到控制面板并单击(Control Panel and click)声音和音频设备(Sounds and Audio Devices)。单击(Click)声音选项卡(Sounds tab)，然后单击列表框中的启动 Windows(Start Windows)。
继续并单击“浏览(Browse)”按钮，然后简单地选择替换WAV 文件(WAV file)。您可以在Windows 7(Windows 7)中遵循相同的过程，但由于某种原因，它实际上并没有改变启动声音。
Windows 7 启动声音
在Windows 7中，您必须依赖名为(Windows 7)Startup Sound Changer的第三方程序。只需下载(Just download)并运行它。值得庆幸的是，它不会在您的系统上安装任何东西(t install anything)，因此您可以在完成后将其删除。
该程序非常易于使用。单击“播放”(Play)可听到当前的启动声音(startup sound)，单击“替换(Replace)”可更改启动声音，单击“恢复”可恢复(Restore)为原始启动声音(startup sound)。
您必须检查控制面板中声音下的设置的唯一另一件事。(Sound)单击声音(Sounds)选项卡并确保选中播放 Windows 启动声音(Play Windows Startup sound)框。
完成此操作后，您应该会在登录Windows时听到新的(Windows)启动声音(startup sound)。请注意，您仍然可以使用声音控制面板(Sound Control Panel)设置来更改其他声音，如Windows XP所示。例如，您可以单击Windows Logoff，单击Browse并选择不同的WAV 文件(WAV file)。这将工作得很好。
Windows 8 启动声音
Windows 8完全不同，默认情况下几乎所有启动和关闭声音都被禁用。这是因为Windows 8采用新的快速启动（混合启动），可显着缩短启动时间(boot time)。Windows 8有两个问题：
1.声音被禁用，必须在注册表中启用。
2. 即使您启用了声音，快速启动程序(boot procedure)也会绕过所有声音。为了听到声音，您必须完全关闭系统。即使执行重新启动也会导致声音无法播放。
显然，这很烦人，我敢肯定 99% 的人只是使用 Windows 8，而不用担心任何声音。但是，如果你真的想要声音，这里是如何做到的。
在注册表中启用声音
在Windows 8中，如果您打开控制面板(Control Panel)，单击声音(Sound)，然后单击声音选项卡(Sounds tab)，您会注意到列表框中(list box)甚至不存在Windows 登录和 Windows 注销选项(Windows Logon and Windows Logoff options)。这是我们如何在注册表中启用声音的方法。
按键盘上的Win Key + R运行对话框并(Run dialog box and type)输入regedit。您也可以直接转到“开始”屏幕(Start Screen)并开始键入 regedit，它会显示(ll show)在右侧的Charms 栏中。(Charms bar)
现在导航到以下键：
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels
你会看到这里列出了一大堆项目，但我们对这篇文章感兴趣的是WindowsLogon和WindowsLogoff。
单击WindowsLogon，然后双击右窗格中的ExcludeFromCPL键。将值从1更改为0。您现在应该能够从控制面板打开(Control Panel)声音(Sound)并查看列出的项目，而无需重新启动或注销。
您还需要检查Play Windows Startup 声音框，因为在(Play Windows Startup sound)Windows 8中肯定会取消选中它。
接下来，您必须下载上面提到的启动声音更改程序(changer program)并运行它来替换实际的Windows 登录(Windows logon)声音。同样(Again)，您仍然可以通过单击声音并选择(sound and choosing)Browse来更改(Browse)Windows 8中的其他声音，这只是需要所有这些额外工作的启动声音。(startup sound)但是，您仍然需要使用注册表在Windows 8中首先启用声音的额外步骤。
最后，您必须在Windows 8中完全关闭才能在启动时听到登录声音(login sound)。为了在 8.1 中执行完全关机，您必须右键单击Start Button，选择Shut down 或注销(Shut down or sign out)，然后单击Shut down。
如果您尝试使用“开始”屏幕(Start Screen)或转到“超级按钮”栏(Charms bar)并单击电源按钮(power button)来关闭，它将执行混合关闭并且不播放声音。这是屏幕截图，因此您可以确切地知道什么不起作用。
以上就是Windows XP、Vista、7 和 8 的内容。我也会在今年 Windows 10 接近发布时更新这篇文章，因为它可能与上述所有方法都不同！如果您有任何问题，请发表评论。享受！
Change Windows Startup and Shutdown Sounds
I never was a hugе fan of the Windowѕ startup or shutdown soυnds, which is why I was so happy they wеre rеmoved in Windows 8. However, іf you want to have your own сustom startup and shutdown sounds in Windows, it’s possible. In Windows XP, it’s a piece of cake.
In Windows 7, you have to use a third-party program to change the startup sound because if you try via the Control Panel, it doesn’t do anything.
In Windows 8, it gets worse if you miss your beloved startup sound because it’s completely disabled, so you first have to enable it in the registry. After that, you have to run the third-party program and even after that, you have to shutdown and restart the computer in a certain way in order to actually hear the sound.
I’ll go through each operating system below to make it as easy as possible depending on your OS. Before we get into the details, you will first want to find an appropriate audio file in WAV format. If you have an MP3, you can convert it to WAV format easily using a free online tool like Media.io. Try to keep the file size small, less than 1 MB if possible.
Windows XP Startup Sound
There are two ways to go about changing the startup and other sounds in Windows XP: simple drag and drop into the appropriate folder or using the Control Panel. Let’s start with copying the audio files to the sounds directory.
Step 1: Rename each WAV file to Windows XP Startup.wav and Windows XP Shutdown.wav respectively.
Step 2: Now go ahead and navigate to the folder with the current startup and shutdown Windows sounds, which is C:\Windows\Media. Here you will find the files Windows XP Startup.wav and Windows XP Shutdown.wav along with a bunch of other Windows sounds.
Go ahead and move the two original files from the Media folder to some other backup folder. This is just in case the two WAV files you created do not work and you want to revert back to the original sound.
Step 3: Now copy the two renamed files to the C:\Windows\Media folder and restart your computer! You should now hear the new audio play rather than the default sounds.
If you don’t like some of the other default Windows sounds, you can change them also in the same manner. Just create a file that has the exact same name as the one in the Media folder and replace it.
The second method is to go to Control Panel and click on Sounds and Audio Devices. Click on the Sounds tab and then click on Start Windows in the list box.
Go ahead and click on the Browse button and simply choose the replacement WAV file. You can follow this same procedure in Windows 7, but for some reason it doesn’t actually change the startup sound.
Windows 7 Startup Sound
In Windows 7, you have to rely on the third-party program called Startup Sound Changer. Just download it and run it. Thankfully, it doesn’t install anything on your system, so you can just delete it once you are finished.
The program is very easy to use. Click Play to hear the current startup sound, Replace to change the startup sound and Restore to revert back to the original startup sound.
The only other thing you have to check a setting under Sound in Control Panel. Click on the Sounds tab and make sure the Play Windows Startup sound box is checked.
Once you do that, you should hear your new startup sound when you log onto Windows. Note that you can still use the Sound Control Panel settings to change other sounds like shown for Windows XP. For example, you can click on Windows Logoff, click on Browse and pick a different WAV file. This will work just fine.
Windows 8 Startup Sound
Windows 8 is a different beast altogether and pretty much all the startup and shutdown sounds are disabled by default. This is because Windows 8 sports a new fast boot (hybrid boot) that cuts down on the boot time significantly. There are two problems with Windows 8:
1. The sounds are disabled and have to be enabled in the registry.
2. Even if you enable the sounds, the fast boot procedure bypasses all sounds. In order to hear the sounds, you have to perform a full shutdown of your system. Even performing a restart will result in the sounds not playing.
Obviously, this is quite annoying and I’m pretty sure 99% of people just use Windows 8 without worrying about any sounds. If you really want the sounds, however, here’s how to do it.
Enable Sounds in Registry
In Windows 8, if you open Control Panel, click on Sound and then click on the Sounds tab, you’ll notice that the Windows Logon and Windows Logoff options don’t even exist in the list box. Here’s how we can enable the sounds in the registry.
Press Win Key + R on your keyboard to bring up the Run dialog box and type in regedit. You can also just go to the Start Screen and start typing regedit and it’ll show up in the Charms bar on the right.
Now navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels
You’ll see a whole bunch of items listed here, but the ones we are interested in for this post are WindowsLogon and WindowsLogoff.
Click on WindowsLogon and then double-click on the ExcludeFromCPL key in the right pane. Change the value from 1 to 0. You should now be able to open Sound from Control Panel and see the items listed without having to restart or log off.
You will also need to check the Play Windows Startup sound box because it will be unchecked for sure in Windows 8.
Next, you have to download the startup sound changer program mentioned above and run that to replace the actual Windows logon sound. Again, you can still change the other sounds in Windows 8 by click on the sound and choosing Browse, it’s just the startup sound that requires all this extra work. However, you still have the extra step of enabling the sounds in the first place in Windows 8 using the registry.
Lastly, you have to perform a full shutdown in Windows 8 in order to hear the login sound when you startup. In order to perform a full shutdown in 8.1, you have to right-click on the Start Button, choose Shut down or sign out and then click on Shut down.
If you try to shut down using the Start Screen or by going to the Charms bar and clicking on power button, it will perform a hybrid shut down and not play the sound. Here are screenshots so you know exactly what will not work.
So that’s about it for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. I’ll also update this post when Windows 10 gets closer to release this year, as it’ll probably be different from all the methods above! If you have any questions, post a comment. Enjoy!
