Try Psst from <http://mistatree.org/Freeware/Psst> Paul Moortgat On 15 Jan 2007, at 20:41, Linda wrote: > On 1/15/07 1:27 PM, Neil wrote: > >>> Why not turn the sound off? >> >> Wont the Mac still make the chime at startup? > > Not usually. > > Works here on a dual G5 with 10.3.9, and two PowerBooks with 10.3.9 or > 10.4.8. > > Others haven't had success with this method, but I've never not had > success > using Mute.