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   Auric__ to All   
   Re: WinXP Suddenly Playing Win95 Start-U   
   29 Apr 08 15:54:44   
   
   d076aec6   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, microsoft.pu   
   lic.windowsxp.general, microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:19:32 GMT,  wrote:   
      
   > On Apr 28, 10:46 am, Prisoner at War    
   > wrote:   
   >> Hey, anyone know what happened here??   
   >>   
   >> After I installed MS Office97 Small Business Edition the other   
   >> day, my WinXP SP2 laptop has been booting up with the Win95 --   
   >> that's **95** -- jingle instead of the usual WinXP one!   
   >>   
   >> How did that happen???   
   >>   
   >> And is this something I can customize??   
   >>   
   >> Pretty cool, but it'd be even better if I could define what audio   
   >> gets played (or not at all, even!)....   
   >>   
   >> Anyone know??   
   >>   
   >> TIA!!   
   >   
   > hello tia,   
      
   "TIA" means "thanks in advance". Chances are it's not the OP's name.   
      
   > most likely office 97 has something that makes your   
   > operating system play the 95 startup jingle, if you uninstall   
   > office does it switch back.   
      
   Office 97 isn't supposed to change the startup sound -- in theory.   
   It's never done it to me, and I still use it on some machines.   
      
   > also you should consider switching to ubuntu 8.04. it is the best.   
      
   Yeah, that's the best solution.   
     Problem: Startup sound has been changed.   
     Solution: Change to a different operating system.   
   Can you spot the flaw in your logic?   
      
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