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Microsoft's iconic Windows Vista boot sound from 2006 has made a surprise return in the latest preview builds of Windows 11. Users booting their PCs after installing the latest flight will have been ...

Microsoft’s having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista. Now the same thing’s happening to some users who have ...

Windows XP communicates with the hardware in your computer through device drivers, computer programs that act as middle-men between the operating system and the motherboard and its connected ...

The Windows sound — yes, that Windows sound — is now officially historic. The United States Library of Congress this week added the Windows 95 reboot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR).

With the addition of several business-friendly features and vast improvements in speed and reliability, Windows XP played a major role in transforming the home PC into a trusted ally of small business ...