And even in Windows 7 I had situations where the shut-down sound played and then one of my sighted employees or my wife said the computer had not powered down because of some message which Jaws didn't read any more.
But adding it to Windows 10 as an elevated task as I described in my other email does work well and it's better than nothing.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 3:38 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Logon, logoff and shutdown sound for Windows 10


Unfortunately, there is no shutdown sound in Windows 10.  Hacking the registry to produce logoff or shutdown sounds is a bad idea, no matter what the other "experts" on this list may tell you to the contrary.  The bottom line is that hacking the registry can often produce unwanted or unpredictable results.  If you want to be sure that your computer has completely powered off after you initiate a shutdown, I suggest purchasing a small USB-powered cooling fan and connecting it to a front or rear panel USB port. When the computer powers off, the fan will stop spinning.  Simple as that.


Gerald



On 1/8/2020 1:40 AM, Shankar C wrote:

Hi bill, hope things are well at you.
I am using windows 10 1903 with jaws 2020 on my dell laptop.
I have downloaded the Shutdown-Logoff-Logon-Sound-Hacks folder and
extracted, and added them in the windows Registry.
and on the sound events, I also checked the check box which says play sounds.
now, I can able to eare only logon sounds.
I am unable to eare the sounds for other events such as logoff,
shutdown, and restart.

I kindly request you to help me on this.






On 8/3/18, Robert Wright <wrightsiphone@gmail.com> wrote:

I was able to get windows log on and off to show in the registry but
exit is still not showing.

character is found in how you treat people who cannot do anything for
you!                                ***

From: Tom
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 3:26 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Logon, logoff and shutdown sound for Windows 10

Thanks Bill.

Tom


From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Bill White
Sent: Thursday, 2 August 2018 3:59 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Logon, logoff and shutdown sound for Windows 10

Yes, it works.

“System Exit” is the event associated with shutdown.

“Windows logoff” is associated with signing off to log on as a
different user.

Bill White
billwhite92701@dslextreme.com

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:01 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Logon, logoff and shutdown sound for Windows 10

Hi Bill,
I downloaded the file containing the scripts you mentioned and unzipped it.
The unzip procedure creates three folders each containing 2 files.

What is the difference between “System Exit” and Windows logoff”?

Have you tried this technique and did it work?

Thanks
Tom


From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of
Bill White
Sent: Thursday, 2 August 2018 7:19 AM
To: JFW Mailing List <jfw@groups.io>
Subject: Logon, logoff and shutdown sound for Windows 10

Hi. I tried to send this message to the JAWS list before, but it
hasn't shown up in the last 27 minutes, so I am sending it again, in
hopes that it will get through this time.

In case someone cannot find this page on Ehow, I am including the
link below that will download the zip file containing the registry
edit scripts that will return the logon, logoff and system exit
events back to the Sound settings without having to manually edit the registry.

https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Shutdown-Logoff-
Logon-Sound-Hacks.zip

Bill White
billwhite92701@dslextreme.com