Soon after Microsoft released Windows 7 in October 2009, some users reported a 30-second delay when booting PCs if the ...

Windows 11 has been around for less than four years, but murmurings about its successor started long ago. While many believed ...

Analysts have provided Microsoft with 21 ratings, resulting in a consensus rating of Outperform. The average one-year price target stands at $486.14, suggesting a potential 24.28% upside.

After 30+ years of using Windows in its various forms (starting with Windows 95), I have moved on — but not to macOS ... I don’t want it to constantly grind away in the background doing God knows what ...

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The day before the release of Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft slapped a compatibility hold on devices using wallpaper customization applications. More than six months later, it is gradually removing the ...

Microsoft discontinued Bob about a year later, around the time Windows 95 came out, but that wasn’t the end for Bob. Microsoft Bob makes a comeback… sort of With Windows XP’s release in 2001 ...

Overall, as Microsoft turns 50, the consensus is that the company's best days are receding behind it. Its milestones included the iconic Windows 95, but its early foray into server operating systems ...

The Windows 95 reboot chime was one of 25 audio works added to the National Recording Registry this year. Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images When users turned on their computers during the ...

It’s official — the sound that computers made when rebooting on Microsoft Windows 95 is now a historical sound. The jingle was officially added to the National Recording Registry (NRR ...

Windows 95 was the operating system that allowed Microsoft to go mainstream. It opened up PCs to many people who lived far outside the tech enthusiast bubble. Now, its iconic start-up sound has been ...

Although often focused on music, spoken word, and field recordings, the 2025 inductees include one of the most iconic sounds in digital history: the Windows 95 “Reboot Chime.” In August 1995 ...