ALL WINDOWS STARTUP/SHUTDOWN SOUNDS (1985-2022)

[@LanceOzminski]

I remember going through all the Windows 7 sounds as a kid and it’s crazy to think that the ability to change the sounds might have been what sparked a love for software and technology inside me.. 10 year old me liked “characters” the most

[@anythinggoes5476]

I did the same with windows vista

[@dharkbizkit]

windows 7 as a kid.. ? well theres one generation gap here, i feel old now, cuz i think i might have been older then you are now, when windows 7 came out

[@Nikolak44AJsubscribe]

Bro, I actually have a Windows 7 and a Windows 10. I used to not have the Windows 10, so Windows 7 was my childhood computer. Now it's pretty slow but still very usable!

[@masterluke1986]

Windows 98 was my first windows computer as a child. It has a similar feeling to the PS1 startup as far is it felt like you were going to go somewhere magical and adventurous.

[@ingrowntoenailiv]

I think NT 5.0 got that feeling too

[@ingrowntoenailiv]

And Windows server 2003, the best startup in all of windows

[@coolboyI23]

@@ingrowntoenailiv ᴀʜ ʏᴇs

[@jakelltv3593]

@@coolboyI23 what

[@Alexandrop13]

@@ingrowntoenailiv Windows server 2003 startup is fake. It uses XP startup.

[@silverhowl9331]

Windows 7’s extra themes and sounds make me appreciate what an amazing OS it is.

[@celtc7875]

I know.

[@sofiaflorina]

Windows XP and Windows 7 start up and shutdown sounds are very iconic. So nostalgic.

[@kirstenkees755]

Yeah, but also the windows 95 startup as well.

[@BlossomAnyaGamer827_YT]

Can't forget about Longhorn, That is like your in Heaven. God Tier

[@HeroManNick132]

Let's not forget that the start up and shut down sounds of the Windows 7 were first used by the Vista, which is kinda flopped but without it we won't have Windows 7. Also everyone sleeps on the first iconic ones like Windows 95.

[@sumannath40]

love you windows 7 and windows vista

[@relativityow9427]

Okay but the stereo spread on 98's startup will never be forgotten. Eargasmic

[@Dummigame]

I think it's actually surround

[@DuoOnYT]

I agree

[@MonoChorMe]

...or in other words, that's what you would call an "aural orgasm" hehe

[@tree561]

Yes

[@ThatRareDonut]

YEAH THATS ONE OF THE BEST STARTUP SOUNDS

[@mikecraftbro]

The windows 7 startup is so nostalgic for me

[@baconboi23]

For me it is windows XP and I still have a Lenovo x64 ThinkPad of windows professional

[@IDK_anymore93]

Same windows 7 was the first computer I used I think

[@lIlIIIlIlIlllIl]

Me too lol

[@alyssascott3892]

Same. Windows 7 was a great computer

[@alyssascott3892]

@@IDK_anymore93 cool

[@codetoil]

Actually, Windows 10 doesn’t have a startup sound, at least unless enabled. If enabled, it plays the Windows Vista/7 startup sound.

[@codetoil]

@Yavor Petrov Sound settings, where you change the sounds normally, at least on older windows 10. You might need to enable it in the regestry for newer versions of windows 10.

[@NielsonLucas]

Windows 10 still has the startup sound from Windows 8.1.

[@codetoil]

@@NielsonLucas Really? I'm pretty sure I hear it every time I boot my father's pc...

[@rammaraj7]

@@codetoil your father has it enabled

[@codetoil]

@@rammaraj7 Actually, I think I was the one that enabled it...

[@i_always_say_hi]

Windows Longhorn gave me angelic feels, especially the sign in and off sounds

[@Johna41223]

12:55 is underrated

[@g1gabytez]

sorry to burst your bubble, but it's actually fake.

[@tron.44]

@@g1gabytez wrong. That is the codename and that is the proper sound. I have the disc.

[@g1gabytez]

@@tron.44 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYKQna1qbMmdfMU

[@chrxsfn]

@@tron.44 actually, it’s from the samsung theme pack for windows do, so your claim is fake

[@AidenDavor-ei7if]

​@@tron.44 how can you have the disk if it wasn't even released.

[@cheesecake88655]

1:37 this startup sound will never get old.

[@silviafernandez2829]

Yeah

[@W.3cky]

true.

[@TheJoshThatPlaysDrums]

Brings me back to computer class in elementary school. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

[@3sportzz698]

Cum

[@blackthorne3004]

@@TheJoshThatPlaysDrums Nostalgia is medicine and poison at the same time.^^

[@diamndz1021]

WIndows XP and Windows 7 had some of the best sounds imo

[@mcblox_channel]

Yes bro windows 7 and windows xp that good

[@baconboi23]

Windows xp is nostalgia

[@alyssascott3892]

I like windows 95 and windows 7 startup. Windows 95 startup is beautiful and I like windows 7 because it reminds me of when I was younger.

[@nitrousgd]

Windows 7 is the best Windows OS imo

[@alyssascott3892]

@@nitrousgd yes

[@kamleshlohar]

Windows XP startup sound unforgotten to me. So nostalgic

[@Keasmcxz]

same

[@MAGNUM05]

Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 5.0 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Those are the sounds from my babyhood to my childhood. Thank you for sharing!

[@aion707]

NO THANKS

[@MAGNUM05]

@@aion707 ????

[@ariffmarzuki2668]

​@@aion707 ok didn't ask + don't care

[@whirlpoolgmd]

windows nt 5.0 was a beta version

[@ictoan]

11:06 was nice

[@anthony7564]

I grew up with Windows 95 and 98 so those startup sounds are forever soothing to me. I would spend hours playing with all the themes and sounds on the Plus! 98 disk. Computers felt so magical and immersive back then.

[@hoop416]

Windows 95 was my first introduction to a home computer as a kid and that startup sound takes me back to a time as a six year old playing games such as Treasure Mountain, 3D Dinosaur Adventure and Myst with my dad (that game required parental guidance since the puzzles were so goddamn hard as a kid haha)

[@miguelstudio-cg5qd]

My first windows computer was the legendary windows XP. And the computer brand was ACER.

[@niggalini]

win95 was past my time but my dad gave me his old fujitsu laptop as a gift when I was 10 years old (in the late 2000s) with win95

[@Derrek84]

I grew up with win 3.11 and was ca 11 yo when I got win95 and it blew my mind. It's still my favourite and even though it looks basic I think it was the most functional and easy to work with.

[@ilikerollercoasters4757]

I never knew the sounds were changeable. In my opinion the best one of all time was the og windows 95 sound

[@bjthedjdutchdude1992]

Ta-da

[@tsakia7720]

Agreed, windows 95 slaps

[@brianrunyon266]

Very cool. Windows 98 was one of the first computers I can remember us having. Most of these different sounds, I can remember hearing.

[@SpaceSysZ]

Mistakes: 17:17 Wrong windows 11 and server 2022 logo 0:19 windows 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 had no sounds 10:12 The Windows 2000 sounds are the beta versions, not RTM 10:44 The Whistler sounds are fake 12:34 Windows Server 2003 used XP’s startup sound, not ad sound 12:50 Longhorn sounds are fake 13:39 Wrong windows 7 logo 15:21 Wrong windows server 2012 boot screen. Used windows logo and not beta fish 15:38 Windows 8/8.1/10/server 2016/server 2019 used Vista/7 startup sound (disabled by default). Logon sound can’t be enabled. The shutdown can’t be enabled either 17:00 Wrong windows 10x sounds and boot screen (you used OOBE sound for startup and wrong shutdown sound) 17:34 Wrong boot screen for server 2022 15:38 Wrong logon screen for windows 8.x

[@kevinsconcepts]

Why is this all true?, But some people say server2003 in UK is the ad sound

[@kevinsconcepts]

@OUTFiT7 PLAYER Oh sorry my bad

[@SpaceSysZ]

@OUTFiT7 PLAYER yeah

[@neonsparklestarlightgamer2153]

More like Longhorn sounds is real.

[@kevinsconcepts]

@@neonsparklestarlightgamer2153 lol 🐂

[@Ju5t4s]

Those old windows sounds (1990-2010) gives me a big nostalgia for some reason like i have heard them before but i was born in 2010 so idk

[@gerardmesi]

Y a mí me dan nostalgia los de 1990s-2000. Perdón por no hablar en inglés.

[@NICOCO-cj7gp]

A mi los de Windows 7 y Windows vista aunque nací en 2009 xd

[@Definity1]

The Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server startup sounds are very close, but technically they use the sound you have listed as Windows Neptune (9:59). Nice video!

[@idd445]

the nostalgia I felt when I heard the Windows Vista sound, I wish I was 7 years old again

[@RidditCullinan]

Windows Longhorn's Startup and Shutdown sounds will never get old.

[@AidenDavor-ei7if]

Uhm, actually they come from a Windows XP unofficial Samsung theme.

[@rayuscanga5669]

The Windows XP Space sounds a bit classic like Screen Gems S from Hell logo. 12:20

[@nabahznznznsn3645]

12:43 among us cremate victory sound

[@awesome8579]

When I clicked on that, I got two ads

[@amaogusm35]

sus

[@ycsawampfpycs2007]

please. stop

[@hbcprimeXR]

AMOGUS

[@DoisMitosEmBuscaDeAventuras]

sus

[@jle4433]

I remember sitting in my miserable cubicle in East Palo Alto at the start of my career in 99. I had to be there at 6 am. Full day of doing things I had no interested in doing. But at least I got to hear the Windows 98 startup sound as I sipped my coffee.

[@DDXofficial]

0:25 anyone who's used Windows 1.0 before will know there are no startup/shutdown sounds to be found in that version. please stop lying to your audience.

[@colawin]

No startup and shutdown sounds

[@TobiasPlays]

@@colawin and if theres a startup or shutdown sound it whould just be beeps

[@colawin]

@@TobiasPlayseven this,it is not considered as startup and shutdown sounds

[@maverickhansel7642]

​@@colawin so where did the sound came from?

[@colawin]

@@maverickhansel7642pc hardware sound

[@rajukr2000]

How fortunate 80's generation is! Saw and used almost all operating systems from windows 95 to Windows 11

[@dharkbizkit]

i get your point, but seeing the world in the current state, i dont feel lucky to be a child of the 80s anymore and more or less start to,envy my parents and grand parents generation

[@rajukr2000]

@@dharkbizkit Change in inevitable. We should accept it and adopt it and live in reality.

[@dharkbizkit]

@@fudgysundaee and why is that?

[@giantpinkcat]

@@dharkbizkit Because all the musicians don't sing about eyeing on 9th Graders anymore.

[@mspdgamer]

I had a windows 7 and still remember the nostalgic soundbites at my old house

[@lora4evarrr]

3:52 Windows NT sounds like one of those DVD ads you used to see when you purchased a film from the store ha.

[@AntônioAlves-w9y]

1:36 the first classic on the movie... unforgettable

[@StepAsideMiaTheTealHeartHero]

4:19 Sounds like something you'd hear in Futurama and it also sounds like THX logo

[@Doggys-Stuff]

Windows 1.0/ 2.0 Startups Are Fake Sadly

[@cindylebeaupin-dj1pe]

Andddd 3.0

[@HaleyGoomysCat]

And how do you know that

[@Doggys-Stuff]

​@@HaleyGoomysCatbecause i researched it for a year

[@HaleyGoomysCat]

Oh ok

[@TomDenem2]

And Longhorn

[@windows3.168]

0:56 it sounds familiar

[@luizguilherme1576]

Are you!!!!!!!!!!

[@mackie219]

Roblox victory sound

[@TobiasPlays]

tada!

[@StepAsideMiaTheTealHeartHero]

Roblox sound

[@ThatRandomToast]

Inaccuracies: - Windows did not support sound drivers until Multimedia Extensions for Windows 3.0 (or if counting the 3.0 MME’s MDK Version 59); - Windows NT 3.1 - NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 aren't just available in Server editions alone, there are also Workstation and Professional editions which aren't targeted at servers; - The Windows NT 5.0 image you used is from Pre-Beta builds but you used the startup sound from Beta 1 - Beta 2, and Windows 2000 Beta 3 build 1946-1969 startup sound as NT 5.0 shutdown sound; - Windows Neptune Server? Neptune was scheduled to be a home consumer-oriented version of Windows built on Windows NT code, not a server version*; - The Windows 2000 sounds you used is actually from builds 1983-2000; - Whistler sounds you used are fake. Windows 2000 sounds are used until build 2485 (2481 introduced the RTM sounds but was used by default since build 2485); - Christmas and Royale Remixed themes aren't part of Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP; - There's not even a UK-specific version of Windows Server 2003. The alleged sound came from a promotional animation cut by TheCanadianToast. No country-specific edition of Windows was ever made until Microsoft was forced to make N and KN variants for Europe and South Korea respectively which removes Windows Media Player and other features due to antitrust legislation; Windows localization wasn't available in English (United Kingdom) [en-GB] until Windows 8 and Server 2012.** All versions and localizations of Windows Server 2003 use the Windows XP startup sound; - Longhorn sounds you used are fake. The Windows XP startup sound is used until build 5840.16389, where the Vista RTM sounds were introduced. Builds 5469-5471, 5477-5487, 5536-5840.16384 used the RTM logoff sound as the shutdown sound (the other beta builds use the XP shutdown sound); - Windows XP logo in Windows 7? - The Windows 7 theme sounds shown are actually logon and logoff sounds, not startup and shutdown sounds; - Windows 8 - 10 (including their server counterparts) uses the same startup sound as Vista/7 but is disabled by default. Windows Vista/7 shutdown sound remains in %SystemRoot%\Media but unused; - The sound you used for Windows 10X startup is from the OOBE intro, not the startup sound. The shutdown sound you used is also the reversed of the aforementioned sound; - Windows 11 have no shutdown sound (Windows Vista/7 shutdown sound remains in %SystemRoot%\Media but unused); - Windows Server 2022 is based on the Iron codebase and uses the Windows 10 user interface, so it uses the same startup sound as Vista/7/8/8.1); - [MIX] Neptune, 2000, ME, Whistler, XP, Longhorn, Vista, Server 2008, 7, Server 2012, 8, 8.1, 10, Server 2016, Server 2019, and 10X images are fake; the image you used before Windows Server 2022 is actually in Windows 11 initial release. * There are Neptune Server references in a few setup files. Plus the "Configure My Server" wizard is from Windows 2000 Server. ** Prior to Windows 8, you can get input methods or regional format but not a separate localisation for en-GB (which differ in spellings like "color" vs "colour" for example). 33 mistakes. You're self-proclaiming to be an expert but still not improving on content. Your research about Windows is extremely superficial. You're only suitable for Windows Never Released or any custom stuff. Can't you learn from people like Billy O'Reilly and/or use BetaWiki or even Wikipedia more?

[@colawin]

Also , Windows server 2022 uses Windows vista/7 startup sound , not the Windows 11 startup sound

[@ThatRandomToast]

@@colawin Edited

[@dalessandrokiko8324]

Stop Correcting Him Man Leave Him Alone

[@ThatRandomToast]

@@dalessandrokiko8324 Bruh

[@alexdow1797]

@@ThatRandomToast Yeah, leave him alone!!!

[@anonthenon196]

I was born in 1995, so the only versions of Windows that are more nostalgic for me are XP, Vista and 7, since I grew up on those operating systems. Now I moved on to Linux and only use Windows for some games.

[@MTTPCAndMoreOfficial]

Cool startup and shutdown sounds

[@żywiecantygates]

Its fake!!! This sounds are fake! This idiot think that fake sounds is real

[@Thingamazing]

Yea! It's fake

[@winbetatester]

@@żywiecantygates Not actually all the sound are fake. But there were some I think that were fake is Windows 1.0 to 3.0 sound and Windows Longhorn sound. Longhorn sound here is not real though. Longhorn uses XP startup sound until after the reset and nearly the RTM of Windows Vista it start to use some of Windows Vista sound. I have used Windows Longhorn in a virtual machine and the startup sound is XP sound.

[@żywiecantygates]

@@winbetatester yeah, you right, im hope this comments like your and some videos stop the dezinformation (im hope im write this right) about windows startup sounds!

[@andy56duky]

windows 95 is the first OS I experienced when I was young back in 96. it felt like a lifetime looking back.

[@Neil.Y]

11:06 a legend was born 13:44 another legend was born

[@woodyfireylover9996]

But the real legend is windows 95

[@abdullahhamzah141]

13:43. Why is there Windows XP logo in Windows 7?

[@DiegoVillaThephineasyferb5323]

Windows Longhorn Sounds are actually from Samsung

[@imperioalemao323]

15:21 I liked this startup screen and it gave me nostalgia and made me remember what I was like in 2017 and 2018 and 2019

[@iu-wn6rh]

v

[@zxcbyt5058]

actually real nostalgia starts in win 3.1 and ends in windows 7

[@BadBoyBobby85]

"Longhorn" and the server versions sound best, very epic

[@Lilopot]

Windows 7 is full of nostalgia, I remember I used to ask if I can Start and shutdown the laptop just for the sound

[@user-be7et7yu5o]

I am using it.

[@TrickyMystrey]

eventually we are going to think of the Windows 11 as nostalgic. It’s just that no one wants to admit it.

[@gerardmesi]

Y Windows xp quedará en la ruina XD Disculpe por no saber inglés :(

[@машинисттепловоза]

you're not an expert if you don't even know what sounds different versions of Windows had. the first thing I noticed was that Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 didn't have startup sounds (they basically didn't have sounds), because Microsoft invented the sound file together with IBM in 1991 and he had an extension ".wav" (Wave). the second thing I noticed is Windows Whistler. his sound appeared from nowhere and was made in Audition by someone unknown (the reversed sound of turning off Windows 98, the sound from the Microsoft game, and the reversed sound of turning off Windows 2000 were combined). the shutdown sound was stolen from BeOS (I don't remember exactly from where). The Whistler itself had sound from Windows XP/2000. the third thing I noticed was Windows Longhorn. Its startup/shutdown sound was taken from Samsung theme for Windows XP/Vista. Longhorn itself used sounds from Windows XP. well, that seems to be it. I forgot to notice, the Windows Server 2003 startup sound was taken from the Windows Server 2003 promo video (which turned out to be a huge sadness for me as a child). Windows 8, 8.1 had the Windows 7 startup sound, and the sound you showed was the "Windows Logon" sound. the sound of Windows 10, 2016, 2019 and 2022, as well as Windows 8, 8.1, had a Windows 7 startup sound (in Windows Server 2022, the startup sound also had to be configured itself).

[@cow_tools_]

The Windows Longhorn sounds are... TOO good. That feels just too good to just be for a computer OS. Incredible.

[@alexdow1797]

...Longhorn? Never heard of it.

[@cow_tools_]

@@alexdow1797 It was only a prototype for Vista.

[@alexdow1797]

uh

[@alexdow1797]

ok

[@SigmaAngeloAsteria]

They're fake

[@EzzinatorT10]

i think i used to have a windows 7 when i was SUPER young because that 2007 startup sound was just so nostalgic

[@_.b8bbles._]

13:27 remind me when I was in kindergarten or 2nd/3rd grade. I miss those D:

[@blagoevski336]

I remember first using a computer in 2013 when I was in first grade, I was obsessed over that sound

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

11:00 the classic

[@Tre-vor]

The startup sounds before Windows 95 are the best ones, apart from the beta "longhorn" startup and end sounds.

[@Legend.Minati.754]

Windows 3.0 was my 1st windows Desktop i've purchased, now many decades have been passed!!

[@naufalam7840]

8:39 This music will decrease your battery.

[@ErtixPoke]

9:56-10:44 It could also be a sound for Windows Vista. Sounds very good for Vista.

[@PorcKop]

Having a startup jingle just makes me so much happier

[@M2NC1]

Windows 95, xp, 7 and 8.1 are so nostalgicc..

[@withtolstoy2023]

14:18 I got emotional at citypace

[@sbgssecondarychannel3206]

I remember messing around with the theme settings and feel scared with the landscape one :')

[@perihelionstudios7563]

Imagine being some kid in 1997 and you go to play games on your dad’s work computer at night and then this sound starts blasting 4:19 threatening to wake everybody up

[@imnotkaydir]

I wonder if someone made a music out of the Windows XP's Christmas Theme Startup.

[@sachinverlekar2819]

I have used windows os starting from Windows 95 till today. But Windows 2000 sound is very soothing.

[@originalversion8413]

12:06 I like this! :)

[@subify14]

4:55 the last Hyderabad for Mumbais scary delay 11:45PM to 03:15AM

[@TortoriseXZ]

3:38 sounds very good..

[@GDR10281]

I like how Windows 4.0 shutdown is the startup but reversed

[@notthatntg]

I only heard about Windows 11 on Wikipedia... It says that it's coming out this autumn and will be a free upgrade for Win10 users! (I hope they don't do what they did with Win7 users again...)

[@rammaraj7]

There not doing that if Win10 users want to upgrade they will upgrade

[@IDK_anymore93]

My win 10 PC is water damaged how am I supposed to upgrade to win 11 lol

[@gavinisdie]

Sounds Fun lolol

[@alexdow1797]

@@gavinisdie The win7 thing? (Spoilers: I FORGOT)

[@pawdaw2560]

Windows 10X is cool and the sounds are so cool it makes me to yet it.

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

l like how Windows 10 laptops somehow still use Windows Vista starting sound.

[@luizguilherme1576]

Me too

[@AVFrosted]

i like windows 7 cuz its very quality ya know? and the startup and shutdown sound is pretty quiet and short so i can play in the middle of the night

[@delinquentlord581]

The only windows that I know and nostalgic is windows XP and windows 7

[@Neil.Y]

My mom has a laptop with windows 7 (doesn’t work)

[@agabe2412]

@@Neil.Y i have a laptop with windows xp

[@ahmadkhadafikhadafi1358]

i have laptop that windows 7 (before its windows xp service pack 3)

[@DeetexSeraphine]

Holy moly, Server2000 had a _really_ sweet jingle.

[@lydia_mca]

Windows Vista was literally my CHILDHOOD!!! AH! So nostalgic!!

[@pawdaw2560]

Windows 10 and 11 would getting an update lots of times so I'll rate them each an 10/10 because I like the sounds of Microsoft. Windows 12 will release in 2024.

[@wardengamer374]

Many sounds are wrong: Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 do not have startup sounds. Windows NT 5.0 startup sound is correct, but the shutdown sound is incorrect. The correct shutdown sound is the Windows NT 4.0 shutdown sound. Windows Whistler actually uses 2000 sounds. Windows Server 2003's startup sound is the same as Windows XP. Windows Longhorn actually uses XP sounds. Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 use the Vista/7 startup sound and they do not have shutdown sounds. Same with Windows Server 2022.

[@kevinsconcepts]

True, But he worked hard for that video

[@arandomdude189]

8 & 8.1 uses their own startup as logon

[@kevinsconcepts]

@@arandomdude189 Turn on: Show Startup sound in Change system sound, It will turn out windows 7

[@Makamanion2]

with whistler it kinda windows 2000 one but wrong way i say it not true bc it just not.

[@Makamanion2]

@@RustyWinner3419 Doesnt matter there all wrong if use sounds and seen "Real builds" of them you know that fake. Mabye fact check.

[@МихаилЛ-д1з]

Win XP and 7 love forever 😭😭

[@jorgex9407]

So much wrong sounds here, but I must admit your video edition is great.

[@uyendinh4851]

Great Job windows expert! You did it you earned windows 11 computers!

[@TheManCybo]

Fun Fact: Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 10X's shutdown sounds are the startup sounds but reversed

[@ThatRandomToast]

The Windows 10X sounds in this video are incorrect. The startup sound shown in this video is from the OOBE intro animation.

[@atlanteanoccupieduser]

@@ThatRandomToast yeah

[@CrystalieChan]

@@ThatRandomToast but it wasnt released, so we dont know for sure

[@ThatRandomToast]

@@CrystalieChan The resources of Windows 10X (icons, sounds, etc) are available on DeviantArt.

[@ThatRandomToast]

@@CrystalieChan There are also videos showing Windows 10X OOBE.

[@Zatyusa]

Windows vista was my childhood!

[@birdbrain4445]

Honestly, the standard startup sounds of the main operating systems from 95 to XP (95, NT 4, 98, 2000/ME, XP) are pretty fantastic. The Brian Eno-composed Win95 sound is timeless and iconic - simple and reflective, announcing with grace the arrival of the biggest leap forward Windows ever had in 95. 98's meanwhile is this bright, beaming rush of sound, full of optimism. Both honestly beautiful in their own, very different ways. 2000/ME and XP's are along similar lines with one another, that sort of flowing piano-driven elegance; both great, and I'm very nostalgic for XP's sound given it was the operating system of my childhood. NT 4.0's is... very odd, given the rest of these. Spacey, dark, futuristic synth tones are not what I expect from a Windows startup but it has those, and it's honestly the single coolest sound of this bunch. Most of their accompanying shutdown sounds (All of them except 95) are pretty fantastic too, for similar reasons - being a nice complementary 'goodbye' to their 'hello'. And on 95; the 'tada!' wav file did make for a quite cheerful and honestly goofy (in a good way) sound for 3.1 etc. but it never struck me as shutdown sound at all, and doesn't pair with Eno's startup sound all that well either. The Vista/7 sound... is kinda neat. It's pretty and all but I never cared for it as much as XP's or any of the other ones mentioned before. I definitely have some nostalgia for it (I have a lot of fond memories of 7) but it's clearly not as good. Also the shutdown sound is so faint you can barely notice it, though I do think it's cute. I think I actually prefer Longhorn's startup and shutdown sounds to the ones they went with here - they have similar vibes but are bolder. I skipped over 8 and went to 10, and honestly didn't even know they still had startup sounds past this point, as they're disabled normally. I'm actually not someone that hates modern corporate aesthetics wholesale but this is one area that they've clearly downgraded on over the years, honestly. I get it; these newer and more subdued sounds (or no sound at all) fit the aesthetics of the operating system and the whole vibe around modern technology far more than any of the pre-Vista sounds, but just on their own they're clearly not as interesting. The fact we went from Brian Eno-composed sounds to no sound at all being the default speaks to this downgrade, I think.

[@Derrek84]

Well said

[@ItsVincent2021Fan]

When my mom was born, Windows never existed. But I was born in 2014, so I'm a kid...But there was still such thing as Windows! By the way, I'm on Windows 11.

[@alikamal8821]

I love how the windows 11 shutdown sound is similar to the windows 7 shutdown sound

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

There's actually no shutdown sounds on Windows 11

[@Cyber_kumo]

*Vista

[@emlbanin556]

The best is the Windows XP Startup Sound

[@kevinsconcepts]

All windows themes and Sounds are Beautiful, Speacialy: ✨Win7 Landscape 14:51✨

[@kevinsconcepts]

@HINSON LAU CHUNG HIN Moe Ik 😃

[@KameWeeb]

I started things off with Windows 98. When I was in kindergarten, the school computers hadn't upgraded to Windows XP (despite it having been out for almost five years), so that's what we worked with. We didn't get XP until I was in 1st grade. Yet for some reason, they completely skipped Windows M.E (good thing, too) and Windows 2000.

[@horselover7744]

Always loved the soothing sound of the longhorn (be it made by the company or by someone) (and windows 8 ofc)

[@Real_Iron_Smith]

Grew up with Windows 98 and 2000. My Windows 8 Laptop in High School was the first to not play a sound at startup, and I was sad about that. Had no idea it even HAD a startup sound until I looked it up. Same with my windows 10 computer.

[@XZYSquare]

I like these I do gotta say though i'm greatful for the new startup sound on my windows 11 computer I love it alot. I feel like i'm showing off my love for windows by booting up in class everyday with that sound

[@catcherzytrblx]

You’re my friend

[@TheCorvetteEnthusiast]

Yeah idk why ppl say Windows 11 is a bad OS, pretty good imo

[@minecraftloving14]

Thank you for no xp you unbum

[@yellowmarshmellowpuffnob6922]

Nah I like the windows 7 and xp

[@XZYSquare]

@@yellowmarshmellowpuffnob6922 why say nah it's an opinion i like windows xp and 7's sounds too, but i prefer windows 11's start up sound it's just so oooooooo in comparison to windows 10's silence

[@tmwinkler]

Oh how I miss the grass-roots power of working with Windows XP. IMHO the BEST Windows. After that: bow to the MAN

[@arathijb]

4:37Like Orange And Constellation Sound With Original

[@AntônioAlves-w9y]

Thats my s8 sounds

[@chengyoule6969]

Win2000 is my favorite sound!!Its so senrene!😊

[@Dylan-bh6ef]

Lol I still have my mums old windows 7 and the startup sound is just so nostalgic. I will forever keep it as it has so many memories held within it

[@cookieguy896]

for some reason, windows longhorns startup and shutdown scared me when i was little.

[@Exeptus812]

4:06 Space.

[@GuiTambemFaz]

for me, I think the 95 is more nostalgic, 7 also your videos are incredible

[@a7dje07vw]

This is a good video bro keep it up!!

[@Dexion845]

Windows 95, Tomb Raider. First time on a PC game and I honestly never went back to consoles after that.

[@Shriya658]

Win 95(1:34), win vista(13:07) and win XP(11:02) have the best startup sounds.

[@etoyledub]

I think Longhorn and win 2000 have best startups

[@andriyparfan5655]

I think Windows 7 and Longhorn have the best sounds

[@brownievr14]

Perfect video! Let me explain, all of the sounds were in there. I love some of the sounds like... 10:38, 11:06, 13:44, and 11:10 they were great sounds to hear! Some people might say some of those sounds are nostalgic. Everybody loves these videos. So you see, its a great video for everybody to watch! Edit: previous comment " Windows ME shutdown💖" Edit1: last edit

[@yovelafeodora6571]

1:08 Like a TADA surprise

[@yovelafeodora6571]

11:00 I still have this at home for my gaming desktop PC

[@rodrigogonzalez6128]

0:56-0:58 1:37-1:44 3:54-4:04 4:42-4:50 10:16-10:22 10:32-10:38 11:06-11:10 12:54-13:00 13:11-13:17 13:44-13:50 15:42-15:48 15:59-16:04