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This Can’t Be a Coincidence: Windows Vista Sound Returns to Windows 11, Just as Apple’s 'Liquid Glass' Similarities Surface

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build has unexpectedly brought back the Windows Vista startup sound, replacing the usual Windows 11 chime. The best part of this release is that it ...
The Verge

The Windows 95 startup sound is now historic.

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...
PC Gamer

The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings

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The Verge

Go listen to this podcast about the history of the Windows startup sound

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at ...
Neowin

It's not just startup sound, Microsoft quietly reduced Windows 11 OOBE quality too

Microsoft quietly reduced the quality of the Windows 11 startup sound last year. Right around the same time, it appears the tech giant from Redmond also lowered the OOBE video quality as well. While ...