If you use one of the recent Windows 11 preview builds, you might have noticed a different startup sound. As it turned out, Microsoft accidentally replaced it with the old-school Windows Vista jingle.

The Windows Insider program is one designed to let users test out new features before getting to the public, but it's incredibly rare for a person to want access to test out a bug. That happened, ...

Microsoft is still not done with its nostalgic startup sound, and one of the latest Windows 11 updates brings the Windows Vista startup chime once again. Microsoft released Windows 11 build 27898 ...

An iconic part of Windows has been removed from Windows 11. Earlier this summer, a peculiar bug caused the Windows Vista boot chime to play when starting Windows 11. The bug only appeared for Windows ...

Remember your PCs startup noise in the late noughties? Some Windows 11 users have been treated to a blast from the past with a bug accidentally switching the modern sound effect to the Windows Vista ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5651 introduces AI-powered Copilot+ in Settings for Snapdragon PCs, enhancing user support. It also revives a larger taskbar clock with seconds and ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...

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 ...

If you’ve heard sounds from 20 years ago coming out of your PC when it starts up, it’s not haunted. Well, probably not. (I’m not in front of your computer and I’m not Egon Spengler, so I can’t say for ...

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