Instead of nostalgia, I get sadness.
The Windows Insider program is one designed to let users test out new features before getting to the public, but it’s incredibly rare for a person to want access to test out a bug. That happened, however, just last month, as users were hit with the nostalgic tones of the Windows Vista start-up instead of the current one.
In an effort I can only assume is to mess with me specifically, Microsoft has fixed the ‘bug’ responsible in the Canary channel of the preview build and will now play the standard Windows 11 boot sound instead. The bug change says the « sound was unexpectedly being used instead of the Windows 11 boot sound. »
For some context on how strange this bug really is, Windows Vista originally launched for the public in January 2007, and mainstream support (which includes new features) ended in 2012. Extended support for the OS ended in 2017, which means it hasn’t received security updates in over eight years now.
