Windows Insiders on the Beta and Dev builds were greeted with a nostalgic startup sound after the latest update.

Let's ignore the nature of the bug itself, which is a bizarre one for sure, and just focus on the fact that Windows 11 has the Vista start-up music in it.

The appwiz.cpl command opens the classic Programs and Features window. This was the way to uninstall apps on older versions ...

Windows testers started noticing the issue shortly after Microsoft released its latest Dev Channel build of Windows 11 on Friday afternoon. The .WAV file for the bootup sound, which is stored inside ...

Microsoft has temporarily transported users back to 2007 this week when the company mistakenly swapped Windows 11's familiar startup chime with the iconic Windows Vista boot sound.

Microsoft fixed the Vista startup sound glitch in Windows 11 Beta, but the Dev build continues to play the wrong chime.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a compatibility option to run programs that are compatible with Windows XP.

An obscure bug has caused some versions of Windows 11 to play the Vista-era startup chime instead of the usual sound.

Microsoft has mistakenly replaced Windows 11’s boot sound — in test versions of the OS — with the startup chime from Windows Vista. Windows testers started noticing the issue shortly after Microsoft ...