Modder brings Windows 7 and Vista back to life with up-to-date updates

Windows 7 and Vista are staging an unexpected comeback as users push back against Windows 11.
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Windows Vista's startup sound suddenly reappears in Windows 11's beta build, and no, it's not a joke

Windows 11 beta builds have a bug that swaps the startup sound with Vista's. Brandon LeBlanc confirmed the bug and clarified it wasn't intentional. The cause of the swap remains unknown, but it may ...
TweakTown

Miss Windows Vista? Well, both of you can now recreate the OS in Windows 11 with a new mod

TL;DR: A Windows Vista-inspired theme for Windows 11 has been facilitated via Windhawk, which offers a library of mods that can be used to customize Microsoft's OS. Be warned: the setup is fiddly, ...
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Windows 11 bug causes it to play the startup sound and music from Windows Vista

TL;DR: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5651 introduces AI-powered Copilot+ in Settings for Snapdragon PCs, enhancing user support. It also revives a larger taskbar clock with seconds and ...
ExtremeTech

Enthusiast Releases Up‑to‑Date ISOs for Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 and Vista have unofficially come back to life 9 years after Microsoft ended support for the latter OS. Tech ...
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Microsoft accidentally replaced Windows 11 startup sound with one from Vista Microsoft accidentally replaced Windows 11 startup sound with one from Vista Microsoft accidentally ...

The recently released Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds introduced some welcome changes and improvements. However, those preview builds are not flawless and have a pretty long list of known issues. One ...
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Close-up Look: Windows Vista Begins To Get Real

In Windows Vista, several Control Panels, such as Windows Defender, Performance, and Parental Controls, are more like programs than the basic settings managers that Microsoft has traditionally ...