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My computer has been weird lately. Now everytime I boot it up, the startup sounds won't play. Before this happened, I hooked a failing hard drive to it, and the computer has been slower. I looked in sounds settings for the start up sound checkbox but it's already ticked.
A small note: Yesterday I was applying the patch for Wannacry, when it booted up to say preparing to configure windows, the start up sound played. When I rebooted, it was somehow fast and the start up sound still play. Another reboot and computer slowed down again and the sound disappeared too.
(Sorry if the way I describe it is messed up)

Take a look at this:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/disable-startup-sound-windows/

ths may help how to fix windows 10 startup sound not playing on startup

also if your hard drive is failing its best to replace it

Is the speaker volume muted or turned down?

(05-18-2017, 06:15 PM)RECdevicehelper Wrote: [ -> ]Take a look at this:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/disable-startup-sound-windows/

The checkbox is ticked. Still not playing

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(05-18-2017, 07:08 PM)Compton Wrote: [ -> ]ths may help how to fix windows 10 startup sound not playing on startup

also if your hard drive is failing its best to replace it

Eh, I'm using Windows 7. There's is no such option in Windows 7.

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(05-18-2017, 09:01 PM)GuiltySpark Wrote: [ -> ]Is the speaker volume muted or turned down?

No, I always put the speaker at around 50% loud.

Open Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Troubleshooting > All Categories 

Now just run the troubleshooting tool of your choice 

Perform SFC scan



Click 'Start' > Type cmd in the search field > Right-click the command prompt at the top of the list and select 'Run as Administrator'
Inside the command prompt, type sfc /scannow > Press 'Enter'
4. Reboot and test.

(05-19-2017, 10:35 AM)Britec Wrote: [ -> ]Open Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Troubleshooting > All Categories 

Now just run the troubleshooting tool of your choice 

All of them didn't find any problems.

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(05-19-2017, 06:38 PM)Compton Wrote: [ -> ]Perform SFC scan



Click 'Start' > Type cmd in the search field > Right-click the command prompt at the top of the list and select 'Run as Administrator'
Inside the command prompt, type sfc /scannow > Press 'Enter'
4. Reboot and test.

I tried and it replaced imageres.dll, the boot sound dll (which is understandable since I tweaked it to play Longhorn startup sound instead). But it still doesn't play.

1. Uncheck and re check play windows startup sound
2. select apply
3. select ok
4. restart the system check to see if  problem is fix
   
   

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1. still not working
2. open device manager
3. select sound video game controllers
4. select on your sound driver
5. right click on Uninstall
6. restart check to see if the problem is fix  
   
   

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1. still not working
2. create a new user account
   Create a user account in Windows
3. check to see if problem is fix
   
   

Please check if the System Sounds setting in the Mixer is muted or not
https://superuser.com/questions/448334/windows-7-system-sounds-disabled-wont-play