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Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe AV vendors have worried that this could advantage Microsoft's security software.
Microsoft has temporarily transported users back to 2007 this week when the company mistakenly swapped Windows 11's familiar startup chime with the iconic Windows Vista boot sound.
But if you’ve been hearing the Vista boot noise instead of the more modern Windows 11 one, yeah, that’s a bug.
A new Windows 11 bug spotted on the latest Insider Preview Build causes the OS to play the startup music from Windows Vista instead of Windows 11.
Windows Vista's iconic boot chime has made a surprise return in the latest Windows 11 preview builds.
Let's ignore the nature of the bug itself, which is a bizarre one for sure, and just focus on the fact that Windows 11 has the Vista start-up music in it.
The latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev channels plays the Windows Vista startup sound as it boots to the desktop.
Some of Microsoft's social media accounts recently poked fun at the upcoming "Liquid Glass" user interface design language Apple unveiled at WWDC this week. Although the Cupertino ...
Microsoft tried to bring a glass-like aesthetic to the desktop with Windows Vista in 2007. Now, Apple is trying.
It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS which also touted transparencies and glass-like effects as a bold new ...
After nearly two decades of sniffing at Windows design choices, the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has decided it quite likes Aero Glass, rebranding the whole thing as “Liquid Glass” and parading it ...
If you want to open JPEG-XL image files on Windows 11, install the JPEG XL Image Extension from Microsoft to enable JPEG-XL support.