Thank you, Dorothy. It’s worth a go. And thanks to all you guys for your kind suggestions. It ain’t easy "getting the gate" at my age. Walt From: Sr. Dorothy Robinson Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:06 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Alone Again, Naturally Here's something I found, Walt; I've no idea if it was the origin of the voice you had when you first heard it....but worth trying maybe. http://thecustomizewindows.com/2010/10/let-your-computer-say-welcome-on-startup/ There's a female voice "Anna" and a male voice "Sam." And another forum that says basically the same thing, but if you scroll down you'll see where someone said it didn't work on win 7 64 bit ultimate: but he figured that one out too: http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/windows-tips-tutorials-articles/31562-make-windows-7-welcome-you-audio-voice-message-during-logon.html Good luck talking to Anna!....or having Anna talk to you! Sr. Dorothy On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Bundt, Albert E SGM RET < albert.bundt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe if you go to HELP type in sounds...go to sound panel....you can > find > the wave you want. If it is there you should be able to find and > reactivate > it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Boswell > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 3:19 AM > To: PCTechTalk > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Alone Again, Naturally > > > Is there anyone out there who can tell me what happened to that sweet > little > > female voice that used to welcome me to Windows 7 each and every time I > booted up my machine? > > When I first bought my Gateway computer, a seductively silky voice used to > greet me each time I booted up my machine. As time passed, however, the > greeting became less and less punctual until finally it stopped > altogether. > Naturally, I would dearly love to have my anonymous inamorata back. She's > as > > close as it gets to romance these days. > > Please help, if you can. > > Walt > "Alone again, naturally" > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------