The lately launched Home windows 11 Dev and Beta builds launched some welcome adjustments and enhancements. Nevertheless, these preview builds aren’t flawless and have a fairly lengthy checklist of identified points. A type of points, although, is a fairly pleasant one: Home windows 11’s default startup jingle has been by chance changed with one from 2006.

After Home windows Insiders found that Home windows 11 now performs the Home windows Vista startup sound and reported it to Microsoft, the corporate acknowledged it and added it to the checklist of identified bugs within the newest Home windows 11 Dev and Beta builds:

• 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. We’re engaged on a repair.

Though Home windows Vista is almost 20 years outdated, it was dropped at everybody’s consideration this week after Apple launched macOS 26 Tahoe with its controversial “Liquid Glass” redesign, which many think about a fairly depressing remix of Home windows Aero from Home windows Vista and Home windows 7.

Whereas it’s positively an fascinating coincidence, Microsoft didn’t deliberately exchange the startup sound in Home windows 11 preview builds. Brandon LeBlanc from the Home windows Insider crew confirmed in his X that that may be a bug after joking about everybody speaking about Home windows Vista as soon as once more in mild of Apple’s newest bulletins:

It’s value noting that in the event you miss the startup sound of Home windows Vista, you’ll be able to nonetheless use it in fashionable Home windows variations. All it takes is the unique WAV file and some clicks within the Home windows Registry and Sound settings. And for individuals who need a shot of nostalgia, right here is the sound of Home windows Vista startup:

What startup jingle do you want extra: Home windows Vista or Home windows 11? Share your ideas within the feedback.