If you happen to’ve been having flashbacks to 2007 whereas utilizing your PC over the previous few days, you’re not alone. Microsoft has mistakenly changed Home windows 11’s boot sound — in check variations of the OS — with the startup chime from Home windows Vista.
Home windows testers began noticing the issue shortly after Microsoft launched its digital currency Dev Channel construct of Home windows 11 on Friday afternoon. The .WAV file for the bootup sound, which is saved inside imageres.dll, had been randomly changed with the Home windows Vista startup sound in preview construct 26200.5651.
Microsoft rapidly acknowledged the error, and added a line to its release notes for the digital currency Dev Channel construct. “This week’s flight comes with a pleasant blast from the previous and can play the Home windows Vista boot sound as an alternative of the Home windows 11 boot sound,” says the Home windows Insider staff. “We’re engaged on a repair.”
It’s not clear how such a mistake even occurred, however Brandon LeBlanc from the Home windows Insider staff joked on X that he “went in and had some enjoyable with the sound information in Home windows and thought people wanted a blast from the previous,” earlier than confirming that it was actually just a bug.
Maybe one in every of Microsoft’s Home windows engineers was reminiscing an excessive amount of about Home 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 Home windows Vista.