An unexpected auditory blast from the past has taken the Windows user community by surprise, as the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build reportedly plays the Windows Vista start-up music instead of the intended modern chime. This bug—quirky, unusual, and steeped in nostalgia—has ignited...
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The story of Windows is etched not just in its codebase but in the digital relics it drags into every new epoch—none quite as emblematic as the quietly persistent 12 KB moricons.dll. Nestled deep within the arteries of every modern Windows installation—even on the sleekest 64-bit machines—this...
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