If you followed the steps correctly, your system will now play a sound every time you start or restart the computer. However, Microsoft did not entirely remove the option and it was only disabled on new installations by default, which means you can still enable the startup sound by following these steps:
The startup sound was ultimately turned off by default to prevent an unintended interruption when you open your laptop. With mobility came different considerations-PCs being used in places that would have been very unusual when Windows 3.1 came out, like in the bedroom or on the couch,” he added. Right-click on the small speaker icon in the Windows system tray. “Most of the PCs being sold were laptops or netbooks, and that percentage was going up every year. “One of the things we did was to look at how and where people were using their PCs,” Harris explained. For example, if you’ve to work late at night during your bedroom, it’d be less-than-ideal to open up your laptop only to have it loudly play out the startup sound. As Microsoft decided to focus on 2-in-1s, laptops, and mobile-first use cases, the company realized that startup chime on every reboot can be annoying and awkward.
