News Microsoft fixes Windows Vista boot sound bug in latest Windows 11 Insider Build — adds Recall Homepage and customizable system indicators

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I'm still wondering how you even get this kind of audio bug. Does Windows 11 include the startup chimes for previous versions of Windows, and the config file got pointed to the wrong one? Did they copy the Vista version of "startup.wav" (or whatever) over the Win11 version as part of the update, and no one realized the patch was replacing a file that shouldn't change? And no one installed the updated and booted it up internally to hear this before it got pushed to the insider channel?
 
Everybody seems to remember Vista as a dog, but that's because when it was released most PCs were still on Pentium 4 or Athlon 64, especially those junkers that had been sold with XP the year prior with a "Vista Ready" badge just because they sported the minimum 512MB of RAM and 20GB HDD for Vista. With even slightly faster hardware such as Core 2 or Bulldozer it pretty much ran the same as Windows 7. Which is remembered fondly because by the time that came out in 2009, most PCs were multicore and that was also the year SSDs went mainstream.

Both Vista and 7 featured the very 3D Aero design language rather than the ugly flat Metro design of Windows 8 and later where you can't tell where the buttons or tabs are, because that's so stylish.
 
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Everybody seems to remember Vista as a dog, but that's because when it was released most PCs were still on Pentium 4 or Athlon 64, especially those junkers that had been sold with XP the year prior with a "Vista Ready" badge just because they sported the minimum 512MB of RAM and 20GB HDD for Vista. With even slightly faster hardware such as Core 2 or Bulldozer it pretty much ran the same as Windows 7. Which is remembered fondly because by the time that came out in 2009, most PCs were multicore and that was also the year SSDs went mainstream.

Both Vista and 7 featured the very 3D Aero design language rather than the ugly flat Metro design of Windows 8 and later where you can't tell where the buttons or tabs are, because that's so stylish.
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Good point. I'd say that every windows release worked great after initial problems. At least desktop versions, i dont knnow much about server versions. Look how often ppl get nostalgic about win 7, now 10, the thing you write about vista. Even 8 has users saying it was good. Mobile windows is often remembered as better than android. I jusy started using android15 that imho gets worse with each release.

I like win11. The amount of tweaking, disabling, modifying it to personal taste is good enough. Runs fast. Privacy issues? Can be fixed, mostly.
 
From 98se to 11 Vista is still my fave os from MS. First, I was a late adopter,second I got a proper pc to run it.I reluctantly upgraded from XP because vista had a newer version of Direct x.And it was fine. Great even.I wonder how many ppl on 98 thought their pc was strong enough to run Vista and fueled some hate.
I did somewhat the same with 11. My pc can't run like MS wants (haswell cpu.) But I did the cheat to get 11 running and it's mostly fine. It reminds me of Manjaro.It looks better than I thought it would.
Quit pushing! I'm trying to find my coat then I'll leave!
 
Another important change is the new setting for system hardware indicators, including those for volume and brightness. This will allow users to reposition where these indicators appear on their screens, giving them more control over the on-screen UI experience.

Really , this is 2025 , still these little " enhancements" ?
It's like we're stuck in 2005 with W11 . Unbelievable.
 
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