Win 98 Sound Scheme for Win 7??

Discussion in 'Software' started by hkhudson, Sep 11, 2012.

  1. hkhudson

    hkhudson Private E-2

    I hope I'm posting this in the correct category! I have a laptop running Win 7 and I'd love to add the old Win 98 Utopia sounds. Can anyone tell me if it's possible and if so, walk me through where a safe place to download the wav files would be plus specific steps for where to save them on my laptop so I can use them?

    Thank you in advance for any help!!
     
  2. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    The default Windows 7 sound files are located at C:\Windows\Media.
    If you can find the wav files, you should be able to place them in the above folder and select them.
    Tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/285-sounds-change.html

    Here's someone who says they do not play in Vista. I can neither conform nor deny that.
    http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/105354-old-windows-98-wav-files-dont-play-vista.html

    I'll have access to an old computer running windows 98 next week. If I have a chance, I will copy one utopia wav file to a floppy (98SE doesn't recognize USB sticks without a driver), move the file to a USB stick, put the stick in my 7 Netbook and see if I can get it to play.

    Found a download site here
    http://www.filemouse.com/audio/Sound_Effects/Objects/Utopia_Sound_Scheme/
    I'll test it in a few minutes.
     
  3. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    I downloaded the wav file for asterisk from the filemouse site. Put it on a USB stick and put the stick in my Win 7 64 bit Home Premium netbook. VLC is my default player.
    I placed the wav file in C:\Windows\Media.
    I opened Control Panel then sound and selected asterisk. I clicked Browse and I had to scroll through themes but I found utasterisk (or utaster) near the end. I clicked on play and it sounded fine.
    You might want to download all those wav files, put them in a folder calling them by the theme 98Utopia then read the tutorial about creating a theme.
     
  4. hkhudson

    hkhudson Private E-2

    Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate your help. I am one happy PC user now!!
     

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