Amy, I have also been trying to learn to use Google products. I'm finding the calendar more difficult than any of the other apps. If your IT department will do it for you, one really good solution is

It's stupid because that's not how any other sound in the Windows environment is played, so why should this one be treated differently? And what happens if the task manager service terminates

People are wanting a shutdown sound not a start up sound. I am only saying that disabling the fast startup does not give you a shutdown sound. I can see a usefulness for a shutdown sound but I can't

I too get a Java update notification. But, I have been reluctant to do it because I do not know how it will handle the Java Access Bridge. Does anyone know if the update will properly update the

Hi, No, startup sound won't play if fast startup is enabled, as Windows will "resume" from hybrid hibernation if this is checked. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Don. First, the Startup sound does return if Fast Startup is checked, but not the shutdown sound. Second, Do you get other system sounds, once you are logged on? In other words, do you get a ding

Hi, I should have started with the below post by putting commas instead of the letter “m” – my apologies for that. Cheers, Jsoeph

Him It’s been like this since Windows 8, with overall emphasis on making desktop experience similar to that of tablets and smartphones (with mixed success and bringing controversy along the

Brian, the PlayShutdownSound file from your directions is just a text file with an xml extension, right? I assume that I need to select, copy and paste the code into Notepad and save it

So I will say it again. The shut down sound was there, and now it is not? Why not? Maria Campbelllucky1inct@..."Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!"--St. Francis

What about the fact that the iPhone and Mac don’t and have never had, shut down sounds? Why are we not bashing Apple as well? The point that has been made that Microsoft should focus on more

Someone said if you uncheck fast startup in the power settings the startup and shutdown sound options return. On my system they do not. I wonder how many people that have fast startup enabled know

I don't know why, in particular, you consider it stupid as this is pretty much how it's implemented "under the hood" on older versions of Windows, but the task is shipped with the OS and you don't

Sorry for the cross post. I’ve not seen any one on either list state this as an issue, however, there are two of us here that are having the same problem. The JAWS stutter gets so bad that you

If you choose the power menu, shutdown option, you can be assured that the shutdown procedure has been initiated. It may hang at times, as you've already indicated, but it's initiated. -- Brian -

Amen, but there seems to be a strong aversion to even touching the Groups.io web interface to search the archives. I could understand if the idea of web archives were new, but they're not, and we're

Ok. … I’ve now got some instructions for doing this, and will try to work through them when I get the time here. Will keep you posted, and thank you! Tom Behler

There are three buttons at the top of the screen. My info, the one where it says my Skype ID and a more button. If I click on either one of the first two, I’m taken to another screen where the

I understand that but after a while the same question and same answers over and over just take up a lot of band width. Folks could check the archives as well and see all the same answers. Just an

I can help with some of these. All your Skype settings are under the menu you get when you press the Profile button. In there, there are radio buttons for choosing audio