is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. A former Microsoft employee has revealed what the missing Windows 8 startup sound ...

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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 ...

Microsoft has released a teaser video of Windows 11's startup sound, making a "slo-fi" version of the audio clip that has been edited to be slow 4,000 percent compared to its normal version. This was ...

The startup sound associated with Windows has always been divisive, with some wanting to disable it, others feeling indifferent to it, and some enjoying it. And, of course, the sound is typically ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1 and I have a problem removing the startup sound when I go to "Control Panel>Sounds, Speech, and Audio Device>Change the Sound Scheme>Windows Start Windows Sound. When I ...

Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate Writing for eWeek, David Morgenstern explores the surprisingly complex thinking that went into Microsoft's new "sound experience" in Windows Vista, ...

Today's stupid tech moment of the day:<BR><BR>I was working on a user's machine for a few minutes and couldn't help but notice that the floppy drive kept being accessed for pretty much every window ...

That’s probably why “artist, producer and DJ” ROMderful felt the need to do this to its startup music, taking the six-second chime composed by Bill Brown and making it a full R&B song about a girl who ...