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. The mix-up ...

Windows Insiders on the Beta and Dev builds were greeted with a nostalgic startup sound after the latest update. By Michael Crider Staff Writer, PCWorld Jun 16, 2025 7:31 am PDT Image: Microsoft ...

This gallery is packed with exactly that: nostalgic posts that crack open the part of your brain where the Scholastic Book Fair, the Windows XP startup sound, and the smell of old McDonald’s ...

According to a 1996 interview , Eno was asked by Microsoft to compose the startup sound for Windows 95 at a time when he felt stuck in music production, and the task of composing within the ...

Ironically, while Windows 95’s welcome chime accompanied one of the most successful computers of all time, Eno never owned one. “I wrote it on a Mac,” he confessed to the BBC in 2011.

The US Library of Congress has added the startup sound of Windows 95 and a Minecraft soundtrack album to its list of audio documents “worthy of preservation for all time”. This was announced ...

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped, in order from worst to best.

Windows XP Startup Sound is one of the greatest sounds ever made! This was so much fun to play it on a ton of musical instruments! Nancy Pelosi Slams Republicans: 'You Should Be Ashamed Of ...

To delay startup programs using the Task Scheduler on Windows 11, click on the Start button, search for Task Scheduler, and open it from the results. On the Task Scheduler app, click on Action on ...

A Help file is also included in the ISO/Disc folder “.\OEM\WinXPPx86IE” with lots of useful information, such as on how to install Windows XP with an USB Flash Drive and on how to integrate your own ...