Has your child ever been awakened with the loud "Ta-Dam!" sound your laptop played when you opened it at late evening? Did you ever open notebook on conference and the computer loudly notifies you about new messages or something? I bet, you wanted to smash the computer into smithereens then. Each time this happens to me, I promise myself to disable the sound before logging off, but I always forget about this in few minutes.
So I`ve created small software utility to make PC silent when it`s turning on or is waking up. Solution is very easy! The sound is automatically muted when the computer is turning off or is going to suspend mode. The next system start is absolutely silent even if you forgot to turn the sound off in previous session. After that you can enable sound effects manually, using a shortcut combination. Moreover, you may use this keyboard shortcut to quickly switch the sound on and off.
Update history of Auto Mutev4.1 (February, 7. 2012)
Bug with the form always visible if Tray Icon is hidden fixed. Exception on shutting down with About dialog is visible fixed. PingNotify(tm) statistics gathering limited to one time per day. Google Plus social icon added.
v4.0 (November, 3. 2011)
Option to hide Tray Icon. Releases unused memory more frequently. New program icon and design elements. Added PingNotify(tm) statistics for start, stop, openlink and about events. Second year anniversary :)
v3.9 (March, 26. 2011)
New controls layout. Automatically activates a running copy of program on a second start. Decreased file size and memory consumption.
v3.7.0.51 (January, 15. 2011)
First year anniversary. Software passed official Windows 7 Logo test. Fixed bug when controls disappear if Alt key is down.
v3.7 (November, 8. 2010)
First year anniversary. Software passed official Windows 7 Logo test. Fixed bug when controls disappear if Alt key is down.
v3.5 (September, 20. 2010)
Separate option to mute sound on computer lock. Social media and bookmarks icons added. Some text messages and control layout have been changed.
v3.3 (July, 12. 2010)
Mutes sound when Lock Computer or Switch User events occur.
v3.0 (June, 22. 2010)
New sound control core with callback notifications. Installer and uninstaller added. Only single instance allowed. New icons and images. Distributed from AUTO-MUTE.COM website.
v2.7 (March, 22. 2010)
Fixed popup menu Mute/Unmute misunderstood.
v2.5 (January, 29. 2010)
Added Mute/Unmute menu item. Absolutely new core for Windows Vista/2008/7.
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