Microsoft is expected to detail more about the final stages of Windows 10 at its Build developer conference tomorrow morning, and The Verge will be covering it live starting at 11:30AM ET. Even the look and feel of the operating system is still being tweaked, and leaked screenshots today suggest that the company is bringing back some Windows 7 transparency to its Start Menu along with subtle UI changes around the OS. While the company is currently previewing versions of Windows 10, a final sound scheme isn’t in place. It’s not clear whether Microsoft has worked with any musicians to create the new Windows 10 sound effects, but the software maker has worked with a variety over the years. They’re all very similar and subtle, while remaining modern and far removed from the jarring error sounds of past versions of Windows.
#ADDITIONAL WINDOWS SOUND SCHEMES FOR WINDOWS 10#
A new startup sound for Windows 10 hasn’t been uncovered just yet, but the leaked collection includes low battery alerts, calendar reminders, system messages, and new mail alerts. While they’re not identical to the Windows 95 startup sound, put together they sound similar to the ambience of booting a Windows 95 PC. Russian site WP7 Forum has discovered a number of new system sounds in an unreleased preview version of Windows 10. CursorFX users can create and use cursors. The Windows 10 startup sound is still a mystery CursorFX is a utility which allows you to have much more flexibility in the cursors you use to interact with Windows. But, we are also able to change the default sound scheme for a particular action in Windows 8.
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Microsoft has since changed its sound schemes for many Windows versions over the years, but now it appears to be evoking memories of the summer of 1995 with Windows 10. Generally, Windows uses various types of sound schemes for various actions in the system. At just over three seconds long, it became an iconic sound as Windows 95 grew in popularity.
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Eno’s piece of music was known widely as the Windows sound. Microsoft originally commissioned English musician Brian Eno to create the startup sound for Windows 95.