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The ghost of Windows Vista continues to haunt Windows 11 as its startup sound reappears out of nowhere

Windows 11's recent test builds are unexpectedly playing the Windows Vista startup sound. The bug had been fixed in Dev and Beta builds, but reappeared in the Canary branch. Microsoft has explained ...
Computerworld

Vista slower than XP at start-up, shutdown, gripe users

Windows Vista users are complaining on Microsoft Corp.’s support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP. The users, who sound pro-Vista for the most ...
TweakTown

Windows 11 bug causes it to play the startup sound and music from 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 ...
The Verge

Microsoft accidentally swapped Windows 11’s startup sound with Vista’s

The Windows Vista boot sound appears in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build. The Windows Vista boot sound appears in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build. is a senior editor and author of ...
Neowin

Microsoft accidentally replaced Windows 11 startup sound with one from Vista Microsoft accidentally replaced Windows 11 startup sound with one from Vista Microsoft accidentally ...

The recently released Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds introduced some welcome changes and improvements. However, those preview builds are not flawless and have a pretty long list of known issues. One ...