1. Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V +2 Virtual Adapters (VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1/8) from VMware Workstation 11.1.2
Thank you. Yes the same file (Windows Start-up.wav) hash matches, exists in Win 8.1 also but as you point out neither it or any of the other .wav's in %windir%\Media are the Windows startup sound. Perhaps we have found a small bug, startup sound is broken in Win 10 Pro?
Most of the newer chipset boards (B85+ ) on the MSI website have win10 drivers available too. They are still using the old 8.1.0.25 Killer drivers fro win 10 though. Must be ok...
Now that I think about it I don't recall ever hearing the startup sound in windows 8/8.1. On Wikipedia_dot_org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_8 Code: The sounds played upon login, logout and system shutdown were removed. The startup sound remains but is disabled by default. There's a reg hack to re-enable it for win 8.1 but on windows 10 I wouldn't be surprised if this change is intentional for performance reasons, as was cited by others when justifying removal from windows 8.1. Honestly I don't really care if the startup sound is broken as I didn't miss it in 8.1 and I still don't miss it now.
The Windows Start-up sound was disabled by default in Win 8.1, equally in Windows 10. When you tick "Play Windows Start-up sound" it should work. And I'm guessing the reg hacks you speak of are the ExcludeCPL tweaks which just re-enable the disabled SystemExit and WindowsLogoff entries in Win 8.1 system sounds.