Few Windows bugs have ever inspired a sense of wistful nostalgia. Most trigger annoyance at best, sometimes genuine panic, and, on occasion, a flurry of panicked forum posts. Yet, in a peculiar twist of fate, a select group of Windows 11 users recently encountered a bug that caused their...
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In an unexpected twist that grabbed the attention of Windows enthusiasts and nostalgia seekers alike, recent preview builds of Windows 11 in the Insider Program brought back a sound that many thought had faded into history—the iconic startup chime of Windows Vista. The accidental resurrection...
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A wave of nostalgia swept through the Windows community last week as users reported an unexpected change in the startup sound of the latest Windows 11 test build. This surprise, uncovered in Dev Channel version 26200.5651, was not a carefully crafted homage to history but rather a slip-up that...
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If you found yourself suddenly transported back to the mid-2000s when powering up your modern Windows 11 PC, you're definitely not alone. An unexpected blast from the past recently hit testers when preview builds of Windows 11’s Dev Channel started chiming not with the serene, minimalistic notes...
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