Windows XP's orchestral jingle and more are covered in-depth during the latest episode of the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft released a slo-fi remix of Windows startup sounds from Windows 95, Windows XP, and Windows 7. The remix slows down the startup sounds to 4,000% reduced speed. The video is, oddly, exactly 11 ...