Comment on Windows Vista's startup sound suddenly reappears in Windows 11's beta build, and no, it's not a joke

LWD@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or PTSD.

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• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I skipped XP entirely on account of its cartoonish interface, jumping direct to Vista when programs started dropping Win2K support.

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  • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You skipped, arguably, the best version of windows. I stayed on 98se as long as I could, until the custom black themes came out. They made it much less cartoony.

    Here’s one I used (screenshot from the interwebs):

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    • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Even without that, there was still full support for classic 95-style themes, even if they were a bit of a pfaff to put together.

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      • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Indeed! And I used those a few times on friends’ computers and told them they I “upgraded” them back to 95. It was so funny

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    • bownage@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The black themes went so hard. I miss XP

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