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Windows nostalgia startup sequences
The 98 track still hits.
Apr 8, 2025 11:31 PM
LeonSpinks
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The 98 track still hits.
DaPopeM
I rocked windows 98 till 2010...WarCraft2 and diablo 2 all day long
Weblord
Screw Microsoft. I've paid a fortune for their software over the years but now I have to subscribe to even open past work. No.
Florida18
I remember learning Xerox point-and-click (the predecessor of the current OS). I remember distinctly working at EDS and having a college demonstrate the "new" windows point and click technology. At the time, I thought it was annoying, as I like to just type my thoughts/commands into the pc and have them happen. I still feel that way.
bikergeek6249
Fun trivia fact: Brian Eno wrote the Windows 95 startup sound.
BorkasonBork
Original XP Bootup Sequence
DerpyBestPrincess
Friendly reminder that you nowadays can emulate entire PCs. Not DOSBox buggy emulation, but with PCem/86Box you literally can emulate an entire system, every part of it, making it far more compatible and precise. 86Box has hundreds of different motherboards, CPUs, GPUs etc. you can configure. I strongly suggest a 486 DX/66 build if you want just one, as it always hit the sweet spot between compatibility and speed.
superdinglebudgie
Win95 and XP had the best start-up music.
brownribbon
No Windows ME?!
badgesweedontneednostinkingbadges
Windows Vista wasn't there. Still running that on my home pc.
sociallyadeptgeek
Goddamn Windows startup, scaring the shit out of me and letting my parents know I was up too late on a school night, all because I forgot to toggle the power button on the speakers before starting up the computer.
klaceo
IceWeaselX
The Utopia sound scheme's shutdown with the giggling was a little creepy.
tehred
What about MS Bob and Vista?
Nuppiz
Ah, so many memories... apart from NT 4.0 I've used all of these systems when they've still been relevant.
VenserQL
All of them look much better than Windows 11. Minimalism is so lame.
ary1985
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cWhnOHdoMmJ4YXNubTU3MnVmczYzODNjeHUxc3BqOGtkcjBkdjBxdyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/OzI1oG088kjZK1Cxgc/200w.webp
in70x
This shit slaps… Brings me back…
OliverClothesoff70
malakim
Isn't the sound they have for XP here the shut-down sound?
IceWeaselX
Nope, shutdown was 4 notes.
KR1570F
yo, that shit's still fire
cuprohastes
1: The backgrounds were never animated (Just in case someone didn't know)
2: The shutdown sound most often didn't play because Windows unloaded the sound system before trying to play the audio. In some cases this would make the computer crash if you tried to shit down.
NepLeet
Windows 95 Startup Sound ("The Microsoft Sound") was written by Brian Eno.
Enlightenment123
I miss the XP startup sound
remindmetostopprocrastinating
It’s been a VERY long time since I heard the NT4 startup wav. Instantly recognised it tho. Amazing
killernat
when i had computers with win 95 and NT i didn't even know it made noise other than BEEP...wrrrrrryyyy click. clickclickclickclickclick let alone had cool intros.....sound cards were expensive
sirnoahfence
Yeah I came to comment that I just now realized I've never heard the Win95 startup sound before.
DALLASLAVOWNER
You missed the sound from service pack 1
MadHatter69
God damn it, volume warning
HandoB4Javert
NorthWesternFan
Win98 second edition with USB support, now we're talkin
funkystay
With Microsoft Plus! installed.
Gippo53
Damn, I've used them all (and a few more)
CatDickTiny
My first time see on my sister computer and me always screw up my sister computer 😅
mike13815
I still have them all running in proxmox for reverse engineering machine software. Maybe I should install a sound card.
LastEverUsername
I dont remember DOS 286 having a noise?
BloodBlight
LastEverUsername
Where's 3.0, huh?
Agavanaskakiskamunamun
I used 3.11 … the business edition essentially. So far I’ve used 3.11, 95, 98se, ME, 2000, XP, server 2008 R2, Vista, 7, skipped 8 somehow, 10 & 11. Used the DOS style ones before that. Thanks to my hoarder father I also got to try a Commodore 64. I’m 40 years old, sheesh.
jimicus
Windows 3.1 did not have that fancy shaded background. It wouldn't have made any sense; far too many computers only had graphics cards that would do 256 colours, and shading like that looks a bit shite unless you have 65 thousand, minimum.
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jimicus
The original wasn't animated.
LeonSpinks
I don't remember ever seeing a 3.0 machine.
iMcFly
I had Windows 3.0 on my second computer, and remember buying the 3.1 upgrade. [My first computer was an Apricot, though don’t imagine many remember those]
SavageDrums
I got a copy and installed it just as a "because I can" thing, but there wasn't much point, 3.1 and 3.1.1 were pretty early in the lifecycle IIRC.
SheepySleepySmuggler
I think the order we used was 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, NT 3.1, NT 3.5, 3.11 WfW, NT 3.51. NT required a lot of resources so was restricted to AutoCAD machines - Windows 2.0/3.0 received very little use as our apps were generally hard to get stable versus DOS. win 3.1 was OKish for shared installs off Network servers and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was bordering on pretty solid as long as you didn't stray too far into "exotic" printer drivers. There was some OS/2 in there as well.
nation543
When I was taking Cisco classes in 2001/02, a big joke that my teacher was making was that even number versions of Windows always crashed and odd numbers were stable.
2.0 crashed, 2.2 crashed, and i even got 2.4 to crash simply by double clicking once. 3.1 never crashed, same with 3.3. 95 was solid but 98 had issues. XP was good but ME was trash.
It holds true.
gunnexx
Mmmm I remember OS2. Good ol time when I was innocent because the internet didnt exist yet