Stock market's delayed reaction to Fed's action

Stock market had a delayed reaction to Fed's quantitative easing announcement from the day before. Enjoyed FT's James Mackintosh Short View that QE2 is really QE1.1 as the amount of Fed's holdings maturing within a year is only $132bn. Less than 10% of the Fed's balance sheet. Couldn't agree with him more that the issue isn't that rates aren't already attractive but that the borrower either do not qualify or aren't confident about economic prospects.

how to turn off Windows Startup sound

If you want to turn off the sound that Windows OS makes when you startup your computer, here is the solution I used that seems to work.

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> Change System Sounds
Click on the Sound tab
Unclick Play Windows Startup Sound.

Voila! Vista wont make a sound when you power up