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Windows starting-sounds
The visitcard of windows is the music, which will played when windows isstarting.
All single files can be found here:
Windows 3.1x & Windows NT 3.xx
Tada.wav called this start-up sound, which is just a second.
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The Shutdown Sound: Xylophon.wav
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Interestingly, the other way around WfW uses the sounds for starting and ending as the normal 3.1 versions and NT. It is the shortest sound with less than a second. Original name Xylophon.wav
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Shutdown Sound tada.wav.
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Windows 95 (all)
The Windows 95 startup sound is something special. The first time it was not just a simple signal, but a jingle. The story behind it is something with Brian Eno, on aseparate page . Duration: about 6 seconds.
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Nothing per default, but when installing all audio files in setup and load the default sound scheme you hear the shutdown sound tada.wav.
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Actually, the login sound. Duration 10 seconds.
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The log off Sound.
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Windows 98 (SE)
The modern interpretation of the Windows 95 Sound. Duration of approximately 7 seconds.
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Nothing per default, but when installing all audio files in setup and load the default sound scheme you hear the logoff sound.
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Probably the strangest sound. Created for a beta version, not used in the final product. Matthew A Felton was an composer. Duration 13 seconds.
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Windows Me & Windows 2000
The Windows 2000 Sound is just 5 seconds.
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No sound per default. With ME you have to load the non-default `Windows-default´ sound scheme. In Win 2000 the file is present, but not used in the default scheme.
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Lasts 4 seconds. Unfortunately there is no information about the artist.
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The Logoff sound.
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Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Length: 4 second. Watch a Making of Video onChannel 9.
Sound Scheme Pokemon Windows 10
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Sound Scheme Pokemon Windows 10
The Logoff sound.
Sound Scheme Pokemon Windows 10 Pro
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