If you’ve been having flashbacks to 2007 whereas utilizing your PC over the previous few days, you’re not alone. Microsoft has mistakenly changed Windows 11’s boot sound — in check variations of the OS — with the startup chime from Windows Vista.
Windows testers began noticing the problem shortly after Microsoft launched its newest Dev Channel construct of Windows 11 on Friday afternoon. The .WAV file for the bootup sound, which is saved inside imageres.dll, had been randomly changed with the Windows Vista startup sound in preview construct 26200.5651.
Microsoft rapidly acknowledged the error, and added a line to its launch notes for the most recent Dev Channel construct. “This week’s flight comes with a pleasant blast from the previous and can play the Windows Vista boot sound as a substitute of the Windows 11 boot sound,” says the Windows Insider staff. “We’re engaged on a repair.”
It’s not clear how such a mistake even occurred, however Brandon LeBlanc from the Windows Insider staff joked on X that he “went in and had some enjoyable with the sound recordsdata in Windows and thought of us wanted a blast from the previous,” earlier than confirming that it was truly only a bug.
Perhaps considered one of Microsoft’s Windows engineers was reminiscing an excessive amount of about Windows Vista, in per week when Microsoft made it clear it thinks Apple’s new Liquid Glass design bears some resemblance to its Aero Glass look in Windows Vista.
