Tip: For some nostalgia, follow this link and play the different startup sounds on every windows versions.
Microsoft assigns different startup tones on almost each & every version of their Windows operating systems - the XP version has a longer sound than Vista & 7 versions, and came the Windows 8 which has a short and calm startup tone. However, for some reasons, this startup sound has been turned off by default on Windows 10, but can be turned on by tweaking the sound settings.

Do you know that you can set a custom welcome voice message every time you start your computer? This trick uses the text-to-speech feature with SAPI (Speech Application Program Interface) voice. The method runs using VBScript lines where you can compose custom welcome message you want to hear on startup.
So, instead of just hearing a typical sound on windows startup, your computer will greet you a warm welcome before you continue hitting your keyboard and pressing your mouse/touchpad. This trick works on Windows versions 7, 8 & 10.
Now, follow these following simple steps to make your computer greet you with a welcome voice message on Windows startup.
Setup the Script
- Open Notepad
- Copy this following lines to Notepad,
Set Sapi = Wscript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")
Dim masterName
Dim currentHour
masterName = "John"
currentHour = Hour(Now())
If currentHour < 12 Then
Sapi.speak "Welcome to your computer, master " + masterName + "."
Sapi.speak "Today is " & Date & ", the current time is " & Time & ""
Sapi.speak "Have a very good day ahead!"
ElseIf currentHour >= 12 And currentHour < 18 Then
Sapi.speak "Welcome to your computer, master " + masterName + "."
Sapi.speak "Today is " & Date & ", the current time is " & Time & ""
Sapi.speak "A very good afternoon to you!"
ElseIf currentHour >= 18 Then
Sapi.speak "Welcome to your computer, master " + masterName + "."
Sapi.speak "Today is " & Date & ", the current time is " & Time & ""
Sapi.Speak "Have a good evening!"
End If - Save the notepad as .vbs file (e.g greetings.vbs) on your desktop. Make sure to select the All Files (*.*) on saving options before you hit the save button.
- Once saved, copy the file on the windows startup folder location:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or simply press Windows Key + R to pull up Run and type shell:startup then hit enter. - Done! Now you can restart your computer and witness the trick on startup. Make sure to pull up the system volume.
Be sure to set the mastername string value and edit the greeting lines to whatever you want.
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