Windows 2000 and Windows Me were both Microsoft operating systems released in 2000, and each shipped with its own set of system sounds for starting up, logging off and shutting down. The logoff and shutdown chime captured here comes from that era of desktop computing, when closing a PC was a distinct, audible event rather than a silent sleep. Today the clip circulates on soundboards and in retro computing videos, where its brief, dated tone instantly places a scene in the early 2000s and gives creators a quick, recognisable way to signal that a computer, session or joke has ended.
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The Windows 2000 and Me logoff and shutdown chime, a short retro Microsoft system sound. Creators use it for nostalgic tech edits and retro PC videos.
This is the brief system chime that played when Windows 2000 and Windows Me logged off or shut down, a clean, short electronic melody that rises and settles in under a second. It sounds polished and slightly formal, with a soft synthesized tone that feels unmistakably late-1990s and early-2000s. For anyone who grew up with those beige desktop PCs, it triggers instant recognition, a small wave of nostalgia for dial-up desktops, CRT monitors and the end of a long computer session. In edits it works as a neat punctuation mark, signalling that something is finished, closed or switched off.
