On 19 Nov 2005, at 00:27, Paul Moortgat wrote: > One can download software to silence the startup sound from http:// > www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html but this > will not work on my G5. It does on a G4. > Isn't there another program which can handle this? That sound is > just to loud. Couldn't you just silence it setting the volume much lower? (don't have experience on desktops) In the powerbooks the startup chime volume depends on the volume levels before the last shut down. Silvo Silvo Conticello Albook 17" 1.67GHz/1.5Gb RAM/120Gb HD/OS10.4.2 iMac 1GHz/500Mb Ram/80Gb HD/OS10.4.3/17" display Cambridge UK